Office of Capital Projects

Welcome to the Capital Project Office

The Capital Projects Office serves as UT Health San Antonio's representative on Major Projects.

The Capital Projects Office serves as UTHSCSA’s representative on Major Projects. The University of Texas System Board of Regents has delegated management of major construction to the institution. The institutional president, with advice of the UT System, Executive Vice Chancellor of Health Affairs, is authorized to appoint architects and engineers, and execute contracts for professional services. The institutional president is also authorized to execute construction and related contracts for Major Projects that have been approved for the Definition Phase by the Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and the Chancellor or authorized by the UT System, Board of Regents in the Capital Improvement Program. Major Projects for new construction and repair and rehabilitation projects are defined in the UT System Regents’ Rules and Regulations as those with a total project cost of $10,000,000 or more.

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Mission Statement

The mission of the Capital Projects Office is to provide state of art facility through design and construction management for Major Capital Projects with high quality within the budget and schedule in support of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio’s mission of Healthcare, Research and Academics.

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Vision Statement

The Capital Projects Office will provide successful delivery of Major Capital Projects through exemplary Design and Construction expertise, and effective collaboration with all institution stakeholders.

Capital Projects Office

The Capital Projects Office serves as UTHSCSA’s representative on Major Projects. The University of Texas System Board of Regents has delegated management of major construction to the institution. The institutional president, with advice of the UT System, Executive Vice Chancellor of Health Affairs, is authorized to appoint architects and engineers, and execute contracts for professional services. The institutional president is also authorized to execute construction and related contracts for Major Projects that have been approved for the Definition Phase by the Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and the Chancellor or authorized by the UT System, Board of Regents in the Capital Improvement Program. Major Projects for new construction and repair and rehabilitation projects are defined in the UT System Regents’ Rules and Regulations as those with a total project cost of $10,000,000 or more.

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Capital Projects Office Team

James D. Kazen
Executive Vice President-CPO
email: kazen@uthscsa.edu

Karen Walton
Assistant to the EVPCPO
email: walton@uthscsa.edu

Connie Paniagua
Sr. Administrative Assistant
email: paniagua@uthscsa.edu

Patrick C. Lew
Director-CPO
email: lewp@uthscsa.edu

Megan Cruz-Boytos
Executive Assistant
email: boytosm@uthscsa.edu

Marc Kimball
Assistant Director-CPO
email: kimballm1@uthscsa.edu

Bob Riley
Sr. Manager of Construction
email: rileyr3@uthscsa.edu

Reza Hatami
Sr. Manager of Construction
email: hatami@uthscsa.edu

James Sterner
Sr. Capital Project Manager
email: sternerj@uthscsa.edu

Jimmie Hearn
Capital Project Manager
email: hearnj@uthscsa.edu

Lance Carlson
Manager of Construction
email: carlson1@uthscsa.edu

Deborah Carruth
FF&E Project Manager
email: carruth@uthscsa.edu

Rafael Espinoza
Sr. Financial Analyst
email: Espinozar1@uthscsa.edu

Jeff Hoffman
Sr. Construction Inspector
email: hoffmanj1@uthscsa.edu

Anthony Ludwig
Sr. Construction Inspector
email: ludwiga1@uthscsa.edu

Eric Pieske
Sr. Construction Inspector
email: pieske@uthscsa.edu

Michael Gottlieb
Sr. Construction Inspector
email: gottlieb@uthscsa.edu

Juan Medrano
Sr. Construction Inspector
email: medranoj3@uthscsa.edu

Rick Weems
Sr. Construction Inspector
email: weemsr1@uthscsa.edu

Mark Streckenbach
Sr. Construction Inspector
email: streckenbach@uthscsa.edu

Phillip Andrade
Sr. Construction Inspector
email: andradep1@uthscsa.edu

Ron Kyle
Sr. Construction Inspector
email: kylerr@uthscsa.edu

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Design and Construction
Capital Projects supports the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio with planning and administration of the University’s Major Capital Improvement Program including the following services:
- Development of facilities programs and major capital project budgets.
- Development of major capital funding requests.
- Administration of design and construction for major capital projects.
- Leadership of facilities planning and improvement projects.
- Provide FF&E, procurement, construction, and warranty period review for major capital projects.
Capital renovations for the campus. Capital Projects serves as the primary interface with stakeholders, architects and engineers, and construction workforces from the planning of a construction project through its completion. During the construction period Capital Projects will monitor progress and assure quality standards.

Capital Projects provides scheduling, implements cost controls, communicates with stakeholders, and collaborates with departments to meet the project goals.

Capital Projects manages major capital projects including a myriad of consultants and contractors, overseeing approximate $1 billion in projects annually. Major capital projects currently ranging from $60,000,000 to $400,000,000 in size, and typically new construction with extensive site development work.

Project Approvals. The requirements for obtaining funding and receiving necessary approvals at each major phase of the Major Capital Project delivery process is outlined below in the Major Capital Project Approval Process Chart. The UTHSCSA major capital projects are institutionally managed.
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The requirements for obtaining funding and receiving necessary approvals at each major phase of the Major Capital Project delivery process is outlined below in the Major Capital Project Approval Process Chart. The UTHSCSA major capital projects are institutionally managed.
Architectural Services and Project Delivery Methods
The typical delivery of the architect’s services for design of a building project is considered basic services. The owner may request to supplement the basic services to address particular project requirements with additional services.

The basic services performed by an architect during the following five phases of a project: schematic design; design development; construction documents; proposal phase; and contact administration.

Schematic Design Phase

The first phase of the architect’s basic services. In this phase, the architect consults with the owner to ascertain the requirements of the project and prepares the schematic design studies consisting of drawings and other documents illustrating the scale and relationship of the project components for approval by the owner. The architect also submits to the owner for approval a preliminary construction cost estimate.

Design Development Phase

The second phase of the architect’s basic services. In this phase the architect prepares from the approved schematic design studies, for approval by the owner the design development documents consisting of drawings and other documents to fix and describe the size and character of the entire project as to structural, mechanical and electrical systems, materials and such other essentials as may be appropriate. The architect also submits to the owner for approval a further preliminary construction cost estimate.

Construction Documents Phase

The third phase of the architect’s basic services. In this phase the architect prepares from the approved design development documents, for approval by the owner, the working drawings and specifications and the necessary bidding information. In this phase the architect also assists the owner in preparation of bidding forms, the conditions of the contract, and the form of agreement between the owner and the contractor.

Proposal Phase

The fourth phase of the architect’s basic services, during which competitive bids or negotiated proposals are sought as the basis for awarding a construction contact.

Construction Phase – Administration of Construction Contract

The fifth and final phase of the architect’s basic services, which includes the architect’s general administration of the construction contract(s).

Warranty Period. Typically, one year after completion of construction during which deficiencies are evaluated and addressed.

Additional Services

The professional services which may, upon the owner’s request or approval, be rendered by the architect in addition to the basic services identified in the owner-architect agreement. Additional services may include, but not limited to the following:
- Definition Phase. The project Architect/Engineer (A/E) will provide with their professional services a Definition Phase which includes the Basis of Design, Owner’s Project Requirements and Facility Program as additional services. The Definition Phase also includes the Schematic Design Phase which is included with the basic services fee.
- Providing Programming Services
- Providing Master Planning Services
- Providing Medical Equipment Planning Services
- Providing Laboratory Planning Services
- Providing Furniture and Equipment Purchasing Services
- Providing Audio Visual/Data & Telecommunications Engineering
- Providing Security Planning Services
- Providing Graphics/Wayfinding Planning Services
- Providing Safety Engineering Services
- Providing Kitchen Equipment Planning Services
- Providing Accessibility Review and Inspection
- Providing Art Procurement Services
- Other Additional Services: Alternative Project Delivery Selection, Record Drawings, Project Documentation, Sustainable Design, Urban Design, Bidding/Negotiating/Price Discussions, Project Management, 3D Renderings, Computer Modeling, Feasibility Studies, Site Selection, Building Condition Audits, Full-Time Site Representation, Multiple Contract Preparation, and other specialist expertise or services
Owner Provided Services

The services listed below are provided by the Owner at Owner’s expense:
- Survey Services
- Geotechnical Services
- Plan Check
- Forensic Consultant
- Construction Auditing Consultant
- Testing and Balancing
- Hazardous Materials Survey and Abatement
- Laboratory Testing (Soils, Materials, Environmental, Welding, Steel Construction)
- Project Commissioning
- Wind Tunnel/Air Quality Analysis
- Exhaust Stack Testing
Project Delivery Methods

The Texas Higher Education Code 44 allows public institutions of higher learning to use alternative delivery methods for constructions of capital projects. It does not preclude use of the traditional, design-bid-build approach. Under this legislation, the new approach may result in the award of a construction contract either based solely on the lowest responsive bid or based on the benefit of consideration of value provided, relative to established criteria, other than strict adherence to the lowest bid. The three alternative delivery methods are competitive sealed proposals, construction manager-at-risk, or design-build. Selection of the appropriate project delivery method will consider criteria such as the project cost, refinement of the Facility Program, project design, project quality, project construction, constructability, subcontractor selection, selection of the prime design and construction firm, and project delivery schedule. Competitive Sealed Proposals (CSP)

This delivery method follows the design-bid-build approach. The design and construction contracts are held separately, and construction documents are completed prior to award of a contractor. CSP further offers benefit of some limited degree of constructability and value negotiation including some input to the determination of subcontractors; neither of which is likely when selection is based entirely on lowest price. Construction Manager-At-Risk (CM-R)

This delivery method combines the traditional design team relationship with expedited involvement by the construction team prior to the completion of contract documents. Both the design team and the CM-R are contracted separately to the Owner and each is selected through the Request for Qualifications and Request for Proposals process (2-part). Under this contractual relationship, which is similar to CSP, the Owner remains responsible to the CM-R for error and omissions on the part of the design team. The CM-R’s services are divided into Part 1 – Preconstruction Services and Part 2 – Construction Services and the Owner derives benefit from “in-house” construction expertise throughout final development of the project documents and materials selections as well as budget and schedule development and tracking. Subcontractors are selected through competitively sealed proposals for trade packages. The CM-R is encouraged to utilize the CSP process to allow for consideration of values other than price. Design-Build (DB)

This delivery method creates a unique singular contract agreement between the Owner and a singular entity (most often a limited joint venture of construction and design firms) for both the design and construction of a project. Under this contractual relationship, the Owner is not typically responsible for the designers’ errors. The DB’s services are (like the CM-R) divided into Part 1 – Preconstruction Services and Part 2 – Construction Services. While the Owner gives up direct control of the design process, those Architect/Engineering services typically amounting to full professional services, including administering the construction phase, are included in the DB contract requirements. The Owner derives benefit from having construction expertise involved at the very beginning of design, so constructability and budget/schedule control are maximized throughout the project development.

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James D. Kazen

Executive Vice President, Capital Projects Office

kazen@uthscsa.edu

Mr. Kazen serves as Executive Vice President of the Capital Projects Office. In this capacity he manages the functions of all new construction for UT Health. For the past 29 years, Mr. Kazen has provided oversight for the design and construction of more than one billion dollars of new institutional facilities. Mr. Kazen has over fifty years of experience in designing and implementing education and community programs. He has served as the Regional Director of the US Office of Education, President of the Border Region Higher Education Council, President of the Center for Educational Development, President of the Economic Opportunity Development Corporation, Senior Consultant to the National Institute on Mental Health and Architect of the VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) Training Program in the Lyndon B. Johnson Administration. Mr. Kazen has lectured in and directed training events in thirty-two states, Europe, and Australia.

Patrick C. Lew, AIA

Director, Capital Projects Office

lewp@uthscsa.edu

An accomplished architect, Lew brings over forty years of experience to CPO and provides for the executive leadership and management of the U.T. Health Science Center at San Antonio’s Capital Improvement Program. Lew is involved in all aspects of project delivery, from inception to completion for biomedical research, healthcare and higher education facilities. In addition, he provides for project program and staffing, resource coordination, communication, conflict resolution and oversight/quality monitoring.

Marc W. Kimball, AIA

Assistant Director, Capital Projects Office

kimballm1@uthscsa.edu

As a Senior Project Manager for the Capital Projects office, Marc Kimball brings 28 years of professional architectural expertise which encompasses a broad range of private sector, commercial, municipal, and government projects. Kimball provides an experienced level of management and leadership skills in implementing the institutional client needs and guiding the design professional direction for delivery of projects for The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Capital Projects Office. Marc also collaborates, supports, and coordinates the component institution pre-project planning activities, budgeting, and scheduling processes for the development of Request for Qualifications (RFQ) and Request for Proposals (RFP) for design and construction services.

Robert (Bob) Riley, P.E.

Senior Manager Construction, Capital Projects Office

rileyr3@uthscsa.edu

As a Senior Manager of Construction for the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Capital Projects Office, Bob Riley brings 40 years of his professional background including designing MEP systems for a multitude of projects, to include hospitals, research facilities, schools, universities and stadiums. Riley provides guidance, support, training, and leadership to other construction team members. He also provides constructability reviews (MEP, budget and schedule) for projects that are still in the design phase. The Resident Construction Manager is the University of Texas System’s designated Owner’s representative. As a Resident Construction Manager for a project(s), Bob provides project leadership and conflict resolution to ensure the project is constructed per contract documents, within budget and completed as scheduled.

Jimmie Hearn

Capital Project Manager

hearnj@uthscsa.edu

Jimmie Hearn is a Registered Architect and LEED Accredited Professional with project management experience in the design and construction of public transportation, institutional, academic, clinical, and biomedical research projects. As Project Manager in the UT Health San Antonio Capital Projects Office (CPO), Jimmie provides leadership, coordination, communication, conflict resolution, and oversight, to ensure project budgetary, schedule, and quality goals are achieved. Prior to joining CPO in 2019, Hearn served as a Senior Project Manager in the UT Health San Antonio Office of New Construction for 9 years, providing campus coordination for active UT System Office of Facilities Planning & Construction projects and management of the warranty repair process for completed projects. Jimmie also served as Senior Project Manager in The University of Texas at San Antonio Engineering & Project Management Department for 4 years, providing management of institutional projects and the campus deferred maintenance program.

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Most of us are reluctant to become involved in a friend or colleague's personal business. However, a genuine expression of care and concern, along with a referral for help, may help avert stress, behavioral concerns or violence.

Frequently asked questions

What are the warning signs that a person may become violent?

Often people who act violently have trouble controlling their feelings. They may have been hurt by others. Some think that making people fear them through violence will solve their problems or earn them respect. This isn't true.

People who behave violently lose respect. They find themselves isolated or disliked, and they still feel angry and frustrated.

If you notice certain warning signs, violence is a serious possibility.
What can you do if someone you know shows violence warning signs of violence?

When you recognize warning signs of violence in someone else, there are things you can do. Hoping that someone else will deal with the situation is the easy way out.

Above all, be safe. Don’t spend time alone with people who show these signs. If possible without putting yourself in danger, remove the person from the situation that’s setting them off.

Tell someone you trust and respect about your concerns and ask for help. This could be a family member, teacher, clergy member or a friend. On campus, contact UT Advantage Faculty & Staff Assistance Program offered through Human Resources, UT Police Department, Student Counseling Service or the Student Health Center.

If you are worried about being a victim of violence, get someone in authority to protect you. Do not resort to violence or use a weapon to protect yourself.

The key to really preventing violent behavior is asking an experienced professional for help. Do not try to handle the situation alone.
Are you at risk for violent behavior?

If you recognize any of the warning signs for violent behavior in yourself, get help. You don’t have to live with the guilt, sadness and frustration that come from hurting others. Admitting you have a concern about hurting others is the first step. The second is to talk to a trusted professional.
How can I recognize suicidal behavior?

Some people who have trouble dealing with their feelings don’t react by lashing out at others. Instead, they direct violence toward themselves. The most final and devastating expression of this kind of violence is suicide.

Like people who are violent toward others, potential suicide victims often behave in a recognizable way before they try to end their lives. Suicide, like other forms of violence, is preventable. The two most important steps in prevention are recognizing warning signs and getting help.
What are the warning signs for suicide?
Become familiar with warning signs of behavior that could escalate into violence:
- Talks about committing suicide
- Has trouble eating or sleeping
- Exhibits drastic changes in behavior
- Withdraws from friends or social activities
- Loses interest in school, work or hobbies
- Prepares for death by writing a will and making final arrangements
- Gives away prized possessions
- Has attempted suicide before
- Takes unnecessary risks
- Has recently experienced serious losses
- Seems preoccupied with death and dying
- Loses interest in his or her personal appearance
- Increases alcohol or drug use
How can I tell if I am stressed out and should see help?
Answer the following questions. The more questions you answer with a “yes,” the more important it is that you should seek help.
- Do you feel overloaded?
- Do you feel more burdened than usual?
- Do you find yourself feeling short-tempered, and losing patience with others lately?
- Are you feeling frustrated by things that usually don’t frustrate you?
- Do you have difficulty concentrating?
- Are you crying more than usual?
- Have you had any major change in appetite or sleep patterns?
- Are you experiencing stomach pain or uneasiness?
- Are your neck and shoulders sore? Are you having backaches?
- Are you clenching or grinding your teeth?
- Are you experiencing feelings of hopelessness about academic, professional or personal problems?
- Do you feel you just can’t see your way out of the situation?

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Feeling safe while working or earning your degree at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio is something most of us take for granted. However, there could be times when you feel concerned, uncomfortable or perhaps even threatened by the behavior of others.

Campus Awareness Requires Everyone

An unstable romantic relationship, negative performance review, stress about grades or suicidal thoughts are just a few of the many situations that could become dangerous. To address these concerns, Health Science Center leadership instituted the Behavioral Intervention Team and this website, which offers recommendations, resources and training. Please become familiar with it now. If stress becomes a problem or you notice unusual behavior in others, take action. Immediately call one of the phone numbers below to help keep our campus safe.

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When do I call UT Police (210) 567-8911?

Call the UT Health Science Center Police Department when there is imminent danger, such as an emergency situation, concern about dangerous or unusual behavior or a feeling that something is just not right.

911 – Call this number from any campus phone for immediate assistance
(210) 567-8911 – Program this emergency number into your mobile device to call campus police.

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Call 567-CARE to share a concern about a Health Science Center colleague, friend or perhaps even yourself, who may need help in dealing with a difficult situation.

This is a nonemergency phone number answered by the UT Health Science Center Police Department. Dispatchers will help determine whether an immediate response is needed or whether a referral for assistance is the best approach.

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The Office Graduate Medical Education offers an Employee Assistance Program for medical residents and fellows. Call (866) EAP-2400 for an assessment or counseling session over the phone, or to schedule a personal counseling session or a legal or financial consultation. The website also offers referrals to community resources.

Additional personal counseling is available by appointment through the UT Health Science Center Department of Psychiatry. Call (210) 567-5430 and identify yourself as a Health Science Center resident or fellow.

In addition, an individual who is concerned about his or her own impairment or the impairment of a colleague can report these concerns anonymously to the Graduate Medical Education Hotline,
(800) 500-0333.

Below are links to other useful resources:

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The mission of the Health Science Center Police Department is to work with the campus community to provide a safe place to work and study. Commissioned campus peace officers have the same authority as city and county police in the counties where Health Science Center campuses are located.

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The department is accredited by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators and is the first university campus to become accredited by the Texas Police Chiefs Association, a designation typically sought by municipal law enforcement agencies. Receiving these accreditations involved developing plans and procedures to protect the campus beyond what is normally found on most college campuses.

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An Emergency Preparedness Manual, with important phone numbers and information on how to respond to a variety of emergency situations, including personal threats, a fire, bomb threats, hazardous material spill, suspicious packages, hostage situations and a person shooting a gun on campus.
Campus Safety Videos (UT Health Science Center login required), an excellent source of videos that provides information on topics ranging from preventing violence to what to do in the event of an active shooter.
The Annual Security Report provides crime statistics and information about the Rape Aggression Defense Class and other programs to prevent criminal activity.

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Call the UT Health Science Center Police Department when there is imminent danger, such as an emergency situation or concerns about dangerous or unusual behavior.

Call 911 from any campus desk phone for immediate assistance
Program (210) 567-8911 into your cell phone for immediate police response on campus.
Call (210) 567-CARE to share a concern about an individual's behavior. This is a nonemergency phone number answered by the UT Health Science Center Police Department. Dispatchers have special training and will help determine whether an immediate response is needed or whether a referral for assistance is the best approach.
Use the Silent Witness Program to anonymously report criminal activity on campus

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There are several resources available to help keep our campus safe. Take a moment to become familiar with these resources now so that you will know how to help someone who is under stress or react should there be an emergency situation on campus.

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Call (210) 567-CARE (2273) to share a concern about a Health Science Center colleague, friend or perhaps even yourself, who may need help in dealing with a difficult situation. This is a nonemergency phone number answered by the UT Health Science Center Police Department. Dispatchers will help determine whether an immediate response is needed or whether a referral for assistance is the best approach.

Calls to this phone number are confidential within the limits of the law.

You can also call this number to request general nonemergency police assistance, such as an escort to your car, help with a dead battery.

Student Counseling Center offers free and confidential counseling to students between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. in the School of Medicine, Room 101F. Call (210) 567-2648.
Health services are provided for students in San Antonio, Laredo and Harlingen.

Helpful contacts for students

Dental School	Adriana Segura, D.D.S., M.S. Associate Dean for Student Affairs	(210) 567-3180
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences	Niquete Blake, Ph.D. Associate Dean	(210) 567-3722
School of Health Professions	David Henzi, Ed.D. Associate Dean for Academic & Student Affairs	(210) 567-4818
School of Medicine	Thomas Matthews, M.D. Assistant Dean of Student Affairs	(210) 567-0302
School of Nursing	David Byrd, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Admissions and Student Services	(210) 567-5837
Student Affairs	John Kaulfus Senior Director, Student Success & Title IX Director	(210) 567-2982

Parents

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is committed to providing a safe campus environment for your student.

The UT Health Science Center Police Department provides an Annual Security Report and Crime Statistics and Daily Crime Log in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act.
The Campus Status Web page reports the daily operating status of the campus and lists helpful phone numbers, including the 24-hour message lines used to communicate campus emergencies and closures, and links to emergency information outlets.
Student Counseling Services offers free and confidential counseling to students between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. in the School of Medicine, Room 101F. Call (210) 567-2648.
Health services for students are provided for students in San Antonio, Laredo and Harlingen.

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Warning signs

Become familiar with warning signs of behavior that could escalate into violence:

Verbal, nonverbal or written threats of intimidation
Explicit or subtle, direct or veiled threats
Indications of marked mood swings
Violence toward inanimate objects
Fascination with weaponry and/or acts of violence
Displays of unwarranted anger
Reactions of fear toward an employee or student that are shared among coworkers or students
Sabotaging of projects or equipment
Holding a grudge against a specific person or verbalizing a hope that something will happen to him or her
Unwarranted or extreme expressions of distrust and persecution
Unreciprocated romantic obsession
Inappropriate or destructive behavior in response to significant life stress, such as divorce, death or job loss
Strong external reactions to criticism
Physical reactions that indicate extreme stress or anger, such as clenching of fists, red in face and pacing
Distressing or concerning expressions of hopelessness or heightened anxiety
Lack of concern for the safety of others

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Center for Mucosal & Microbiome Biology

From basic science to clinical trials: spearheading research and educational initiatives focused on the role of the microbiome and the associated metabolites in health and diseases.

Our Mission

CMMB sits on the cutting edge of microbiome research and education at UTHSA, serving as an intellectual nexus for basic and translational immunology.

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Facilitate and increase the microbiome research footprint by fostering cross-departmental collaborations

Education

Develop and promote microbiome-centered curriculum and academic events at UTHSA

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The mission of the Center for Mucosal and Microbiome Biology (CMMB) is to support the advancement of microbiome research and education at UTHSA with the ultimate goal of translating discoveries in this field into innovative diagnostics and therapeutics that save lives. The center aims to bolster collaboration between investigators, creating research infrastructure support, enhancing trainee development, and assisting in the recruitment of new faculty with an outstanding track record of research in the fields of microbiome and mucosal biology. From basic science to clinical trials, research at the Center for Mucosal & Microbiome Biology will focus on the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the interface between the microbiome and the mucosa, with the primary aim of identifying unique therapeutic platforms and bio-marker signatures to reduce morbidity and mortality from metabolic, infectious, and inflammatory diseases.

Mucosae have complex biological responses to harmful stimuli that are regulated in part by the microbiome; therefore, an interdisciplinary collaborative effort is critical to fully understand its molecular pathogenesis. Understanding these cellular and molecular regulatory mechanisms of the mucosal-microbiome interface will lead to the development of novel anti-inflammatory strategies and accelerate the successful establishment of cutting-edge therapeutic approaches for future clinical trials.

Leadership

Director
- Mansour M. Zadeh, PhD
  Distinguished Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Long School of Medicine
Advisory Committee
- William Brian Reeves, MD, FACP
  Chairman, Department of Medicine. Parman and Forland Chairs in Medicine, Long School of Medicine
- Kumar Sharma, MD
  Chief of the Division of Nephrology, Hillis Chair in Medicine, Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Medicine, Long School of Medicine
- Brij B. Singh, PhD
  Associate Dean for Research, Department of Periodontics, School of Dentistry
- Glenn Gross, MD
  Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Long School of Medicine
- Madesh Muniswamy, PhD
  Professor, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Long School of Medicine
- Naomi Sayre, PhD
  Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Long School of Medicine

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Education

The Center for Mucosal & Microbiome Biology is focused on bolstering the curriculum at UTHSCSA. We are currently developing the following courses.

The Microbiome & the Associated Metabolites (MICR-TBD)

The field of microbiome is rapidly expanding in both basic and clinical scientific research. Whether in the gut or oral cavity, the microbiome and the associated metabolites play an integral role in human health and can significantly affect disease outcomes. This course will provide an overview on the role of the microbiome and the associated metabolites in human health and disease. It will focus on clarifying the conceptual framework for understanding how microbiome, particularly gut microbiome, impact on human health and well-being. The course will also introduce students to the technical approaches and bioinformatics required to study the microbiome and the associated metabolites in the hosts.

Topics covered include:

The concept of the microbiome and its role in human health
The role of the microbiome and associated metabolites in different systems (e.g., oral cavity and gut-brain-axis)
The impact of alterations to the gut microbiome by pathogenic diseases and inflammation (gut dysbiosis)
Research strategies and multiomic approaches for working with human and murine gut microbiome (bioinformatics, transcriptomic, and metabolomic analyses)
Animal models used to investigate the microbiome
Modification of the gut microbiome via dietary, supplemental, and the potential for novel treatments

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The Center for Mucosal & Microbiome Biology specializes in the use of Multiomic Approaches to create a comprehensive picture of the complex interplay between the microbiome and human health. Multiomics is a new approach to biological analysis where data sets of different omics groups (transcriptome, metabolome, etc.) are combined to create a thorough biological analysis.

The applications for multiomics are vast, ranging from elucidating the nature of host-pathogen interactions to illuminating the mechanisms behind non-communicable diseases. By combining these various "omic" approaches, scientists can analyze complex biological data to determine novel associations between biological entities, identify important biomarkers and build elaborate markers of disease and physiology.

The Center utilizes & and will train faculty in the following areas of multiomics:

Metabolome Approaches
Transcriptome Approaches (RNA-seq, scRNA-seq)
Epigenome Approaches (DNA-methylation, Chromatin Accessibility)
Microbiome Approaches

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The objective of the CPRIT (Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas) supported TPC-DTC is to provide reproducible high-quality in vivo data to guide pediatric clinical development of novel agents and combinations. This CPRIT Core facility has developed within the context of the Research to Accelerate Cures and Equity for Children Act (RACE for Children Act). For preclinical testing, this will necessitate having sufficient models with the appropriate genetic alterations in the context of the appropriate childhood cancer types. The RACE Act requires the FDA to develop a list of molecular targets of known and new drugs/biologics. If agents are determined to be substantially relevant to the growth and progression of pediatric cancer, this may trigger the requirement for pediatric investigations. This expectation applies both to drugs/biologics being developed by Pharma and by academic centers. Our primary focus is to use the 170 patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models established and characterized under the previous CPRIT grant (RP160716) as well as additional models developed by this group.

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Raushan T. Kurmasheva, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor at the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute (GCCRI), with an academic appointment in Molecular Medicine, will provide scientific coordination of the testing. Dr. Kurmasheva has over 12 years of experience using human tumor xenografts, in the Pediatric Preclinical Testing Program/Consortium (PPTP/C) and as MPI in the current Pediatric In Vivo Testing Program (PIVOT). To date, she has published 87 peer-reviewed papers and holds the position of the UT Health SA Designated Animal Research Officer (DARO) for the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute (GCCRI). She is a member of the Pediatric Oncology Experimental Therapeutics Investigators’ Consortium (POETIC).

Siyuan Zheng, Ph.D. CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research, Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences. Dr. Zheng has broad experience in bioinformatics, cancer genomics, and tool/pipeline development. During his postdoctoral training, he was extensively involved in TCGA and co-led the TCGA adrenocortical carcinoma project. He has published more than 70 research papers in peer reviewed journals since 2008. At GCCRI, his group developed the PCAT portal (PDXs for Childhood Cancer Therapeutics, http://pedtranscriptome.org/). At the core, his group will analyze the genomic datasets and use the information to assist in selection of molecularly characterized models.

Peter J. Houghton, Ph.D., Professor, Molecular Medicine UTHSA, is an accomplished scientist who pioneered development of PDX models of childhood cancers. He has published over 380 peer reviewed articles on use of PDX models and developed several of the chemotherapeutic regimens currently used by COG for treatment of both solid and brain tumors. He led the Pediatric Preclinical Testing Program (PPTP) and this group was part of the Pediatric Preclinical Testing Consortium (PPTC) and current PIVOT program supported by the NCI. These programs have developed standard operating procedures for developing both solid tumor and leukemia PDX models.

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Through the combined efforts of Drs. Houghton, Kurmasheva, and Zheng at GCCRI, with support from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT, Texas Pediatric Patient Derived Xenograft Facility, RP160716), approximately 160 new models of pediatric cancers have been established and characterized by whole exome and RNA sequencing.

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Eighty-one new PDX models of solid tumors have been established as xenografts in NSG mice. Germline sequencing has been completed for most samples. Models have been derived from predominantly Hispanic patients and thus represent a unique cohort for preclinical drug development. Hepatoblastoma models (n=15) have been incorporated into the NCI/PIVOT pediatric in vivo testing program and it is proposed to incorporate many of the solid tumor PDX models into the European ITCC-P4 program to develop new drugs for pediatric cancer. Molecular characterization can be obtained from the PCAT portal at GCCRI.
We have developed 79 new patient-derived xenograft models of childhood leukemia, 62% derived from Hispanic patients who have poorer outcomes than White children. Notable is that germline sequencing was conducted on 50 samples allowing unambiguous identification of somatic mutations and patient race/ethnicity. PDX models represent high- and low risk Pre-B precursor ALL, T-cell ALL, and AML. It is proposed to incorporate many leukemia models into the European ITCC-P4 program to develop new drugs for pediatric cancer. Patient demographics for all PDX models and molecular characterization of leukemia PDX models can be accessed here.
We have sequenced germline, patient tumor, and its respective PDX model for over 150 models, thus representing a unique cohort of pediatric preclinical models. In each case whole exome or whole genome sequencing was completed on germline, patient tumor, and PDX. For RNA sequencing, patient tumor and PDX models were analyzed. For 10 leukemia models, DNA methylation profiles were obtained from patient tumor and PDX. Of the 82 successfully engrafted leukemic PDXs, 51/82 (62%) were obtained from patients of Hispanic ethnicity. PDX models faithfully reflected somatic mutations, gene copy-number alterations, RNA expression, gene fusions, whole-genome methylation patterns, and immunophenotypes found in patient samples. Seventy solid tumor PDX models have been fully characterized, with analysis of 11 still ongoing. We show that PDXs generally recapitulate the genomic and transcriptomic features of the matched patient samples. However, 20-30% of the PDXs show evidence of clonal selection. The clonal selection was seeded by a patient samples subclone that can be either closely or distantly related to the major clone. The patient tumors that underwent clonal selection also showed increased antitumor immunity and higher genetic heterogeneity. These data collectively suggest more complex, immunosuppressed tumors may be prone to clonal shifts when engrafted into immunodeficient mice.
A database with web portal, “Pediatric PDX Explorer”, has been developed and deployed to the public domain. The portal allows users to view all the PDX models that have been established and explore the associated patient demographic, clinical, molecular, and pathologic characteristics. Currently, the database hosts data from 193 patients across four institutions from whom PDX models have been established. Users can filter and identify the patients/PDXs of interest based on various demographic, clinical, sample, genomic, and imaging variables (24 variable filters in total). The associated data and metadata of biospecimen samples (n = 833), PDX samples (n = 155), and pathology images (n = 1214) are also made accessible to registered users and are managed and updated in real time by a dedicated team using the built-in Sample Management module. The links are established between patients, biospecimen-generating procedures, derived samples, and pathology images. High-resolution pathology images can be visualized through a built-in image viewer. The portal also provides online visualization and analysis of the genomic data (WES, WGS, RNAseq, and DNA methylation). Users can request samples of interest and access the project-generated genomic data through the portal.

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In total, the TPC-DTC has over 300 characterized pediatric cancer PDX models. Table 1 lists models generated with CPRIT funding and include solid and liquid tumor models (link to Table 1). De-identified patient demographics (histology, age gender, site, and treatment) can be found on the “Pediatric PDX Explorer” web portal. Genomics data for solid tumors is available at the PCAT portal. Additional pediatric solid tumor models and demographics are given in Table 2 (link to Table 2), and on the PCAT portal.

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Peter Houghton, Ph.D.

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Dr. Peter J. Houghton received his Ph.D. from the University of London (Institute of Cancer Research) 1977, he joined the faculty of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis Tennessee and became Chair of Molecular Pharmacology (1992-2009) and co-lead for the Solid Malignancies Program (1988-2009). Dr. Houghton became Director, Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases, Nationwide Children's Hospital (2009-2014), and subsequently Director Greehey Children's Cancer Research Inst. San Antonio (2014-2020); He is Professor Emeritus, Molecular Medicine, UTHSA, and has published approximately 380 peer-reviewed articles focused on childhood cancer. He pioneered development of patient derived xenografts (PDXs) as preclinical models and has used these to develop novel therapeutics largely focused on pediatric sarcoma and more recently on BRAF-mutant glioma. Dr. Houghton is currently supported by grants from the National Cancer Institute and the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT).

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Dr. Raushan Kurmasheva received research training in Vienna Biocenter (Austria) and during the courses of subsequent postdoctoral fellowships, at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. In 2010, she joined the NCI-funded Pediatric Preclinical Testing Program (PPTP) to serve as Scientific Coordinator of the overall Program and then as Co-Principal Investigator in 2015-2021. This program was funded as the Pediatric-In Vivo-Testing (PIVOT) Consortium (sarcoma, renal, and liver cancer focus; 2021-2026), which she co-leads with Dr. Peter Houghton. She published 87 peer-reviewed research articles and has contributed to more than 50 publications reporting the PPTP and PPTC results. Dr. Kurmasheva is currently appointed to Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine, as well as Principal Investigator at the GCCRI at the University of Texas Health at San Antonio. Her laboratory research is aimed at deciphering mechanisms of resistance to pediatric sarcoma therapy, with preclinical therapeutic focus on reducing toxicity and employing novel systems for drug delivery. She is a member of POETIC (Pediatric Oncology Experimental Therapeutics Investigators’ Consortium), PI on the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), and serves as the UT Health SA Designated Animal Research Officer (DARO) for the GCCRI.

Siyuan Zheng, Ph.D.

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Dr. Zheng received his PhD in bioinformatics from Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009. He did his postdoctoral fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical School (2009-2011) and MD Anderson Cancer Center (2011-2014). He started his group at GCCRI in 2017 after spending nearly 3 years at MD Anderson as an instructor (2015-2017). In this research he uses computational approaches and genomic datasets to understand how genetic events drive cancer initiation, progression, and responses to therapeutics in children and adults. Dr. Zheng have published more than 80 papers in peer reviewed journals. These publications have been cited more than 19,000 times. In collaboration with Drs. Houghton and Kurmasheva, his group has been developing tools and analyzing genomic datasets on xenograft models of pediatric cancer. He is a CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research.

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Single Mouse Testing Design: Conventional testing, where 10 mice per treatment group are used, is resource-intensive, and allows for only a few models to be explored. More recently, we have adopted Single Mouse Testing (SMT) to evaluate drugs in a large number of xenograft models, an approach that significantly increases the inclusion of genetic diversity for a given cancer type. The SMT design is validated by a retrospective analysis of > 2100 tumor-drug studies undertaken by the Pediatric Preclinical Testing Program, where the response of a tumor in one mouse, selected at random from the group, was compared to the median group response. This analysis showed that the SMT accurately predicted responses in 78% of studies. Allowing for a deviation of ± one response classification [e.g., stable disease (SD) vs. partial response (PR)], the concordance was 95%. Further, the SMT analysis was accurate in identifying the antitumor activity of 66 of 67 drugs in terms of the objective response rate determined for each drug over a range of tumor models. Prospective studies with up to 90 ALL models and up to 50 solid tumor models show that SMT has similar concordance with conventional testing. Importantly, using SMT, one can potentially incorporate up to 20-fold the number of models for evaluation of an agent, encompassing many diseases, or encompassing the genetic diversity of a given disease.
1. Single Mouse Trials: (adapted from Murphy B, Yin H, Maris JM, Kolb EA, Gorlick R, Reynolds CP, Kang MH, Keir ST, Kurmasheva RT, Dvorchik I, Wu J, Billups CA, Boateng N, Smith MA, Lock RB, Houghton PJ. Evaluation of Alternative In Vivo Drug Screening Methodology: A Single Mouse Analysis. Cancer Res. 2016;76(19):5798-809. Epub 2016/08/09. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-16-0122. PubMed PMID: 27496711; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5050128,
2. Ghilu S, Li Q, Fontaine SD, Santi DV, Kurmasheva RT, Zheng S, Houghton PJ. Prospective use of the single-mouse experimental design for the evaluation of PLX038A. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2020;85(2):251-63. Epub 2020/01/14. doi: 10.1007/s00280-019-04017-8. PubMed PMID: 31927611; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7039322).
Solid Tumor Models: For solid tumor experiments, an event is defined as the quadrupling of a mouse’s tumor volume from day 0 (or baseline measurement). The exact time-to-event (in days) is estimated by interpolating between the measurements directly preceding and following the event, assuming log-linear growth. Differences in event-free survival (EFS) between experimental groups (e.g., treated vs controls) are tested using the Peto and Peto modification of the Gehan-Wilcoxon test (α = 0.05, two-sided alternative).

Initial tumor volume (V0) for solid tumor experiments is measured at initiation of treatment. The mean and standard deviation of V0 is computed within each treatment group, and comparisons between treatment groups are performed using the Wilcoxon rank sum test. At subsequent tumor measurements, the relative tumor volume (RTV) is defined for each mouse as the ratio of its current tumor volume divided by V0. At the conclusion of the experiment, the minimum RTV (minRTV) for each mouse is computed across all measurements except the initial (baseline) one. The mean and standard deviation within each treatment group of minRTV is computed, and comparisons between treatments groups are performed using the Wilcoxon rank sum test.

At each tumor measurement, overall mouse bodyweight is also measured, either individually by mouse or by cage. The mean body weight within each treatment group is graphed by timepoint and visually inspected for patterns which might indicate toxicity or disease-related weight loss. Animals with weight loss 20% or greater are euthanized.

The objective response measure (ORM) categories are progressive disease (PD, which is subdivided into progressive disease without and with growth delay, PD1 and PD2, respectively, defined only for treated mice), stable disease (SD), partial response (PR), complete response (CR), and maintained complete response (MCR).

For ST experiments, ORM categories are defined as:
- PD when < 50% tumor regression throughout study and > 25% tumor growth at end of study
- PD1 when PD and the mouse’s time-to-event ≤ 200% the median time-to-event in control group
- PD2 when PD and the mouse’s time-to-event is > 200% the median time-to-event in control group
- SD when < 50% tumor regression throughout study and ≤ 25% tumor growth at end of study,
- PR when ≥ 50% tumor regression at any point during study, but measurable tumor throughout study period
- CR when disappearance of measurable tumor mass during the study period occurs up to two times consecutively or intermittently any number of times
- MCR when no measurable tumor mass for at least three consecutive readings at any time after treatment has been completed
Overall group response is determined by the median response among evaluable mice as follows: Each individual mouse is assigned a score from 0 to 10 based on their ORM: PD1 = 0, PD2 = 2, SD = 4, PR = 6, CR = 8, and MCR = 10, and the median for the group determines the overall response. If the median score is half-way between an ORM number category, the objective response is assigned to the lower response category (e.g., an objective response score of 9 is scored CR). Studies in which toxic deaths are greater than 25% or in which the control group is not SD or worse are considered unevaluable and are excluded from analysis. Treatment groups with PR, CR, or MCR are considered to have had an objective response. Agents inducing objective responses are considered highly active against the tested line, while agents inducing SD or PD2 are considered to have intermediate activity, and agents producing PD1 are considered to have a low level of activity against the tested line.

The average minimum relative tumor volume (minRTV) is also utilized as a tumor volume response measure. A value of 0 indicates that the tumor is no longer detectable, while values < 1.0 indicate some level of tumor regression. Analyses of minRTV are visualized using waterfall plots using the “waterfall statistic”, calculated as minRTV – 1 and expressed as a percentage, with -100% indicating complete resolution of disease and with negative values indicating some degree of tumor regression.

For combination testing projects, the primary objective is usually to demonstrate that the combination is significantly more effective than either agent utilized at their optimal single agent dose/schedule. This condition is termed therapeutic enhancement, which represents a therapeutic effect for which a tolerated regimen of a combination treatment exceeds the optimal effect achieved at any tolerated dose of monotherapy associated with the same drugs used in the combination. This definition is operationalized as follows: therapeutic enhancement is considered present when the tumor growth delay (T-C) for a combination is greater than the tumor growth delay for each of the single agents tested at their maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and when the EFS distribution for the combination treatment is significantly better than the EFS distributions for both of the single agents tested at their MTD. In order to control experiment-wise Type I error at 5%, statistical tests are evaluated at the Bonferroni-corrected significance level α = 0.01 due to the five comparisons being made (combination vs. agent 1 alone, combination vs. agent 2 alone, agent 1 vs. control, agent 2 vs. control, and combination vs. control). Testing is considered not evaluable for therapeutic enhancement if either single agent used alone produces a median EFS beyond the observation period. If a treatment group exhibits excessive toxicity (> 25% toxic deaths), therapeutic enhancement is not evaluated.

Liquid Tumor Models: For Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) experiments, an event is defined as %huCD45+ cells (in peripheral blood) exceeding 25% or an animal exhibiting signs of morbidity associated with >50% leukemia infiltration of at least two major organs. The exact time-to-event is estimated by interpolating between the measurements directly preceding and following the event, assuming log-linear growth. Differences in event-free survival (EFS) between experimental groups (e.g., treated vs controls) are tested using the Peto and Peto modification of the Gehan-Wilcoxon test (α = 0.05, two-sided alternative).

For ALL experiments, the initial %huCD45+ is measured at initiation of treatment, the minimum %huCD45+ achieved by each mouse is computed across all subsequent measurements. For both the initial %huCD45+ and minimum %huCD45+, the mean and standard deviation are computed within each treatment group, and comparisons between treatment groups are performed using the Wilcoxon rank sum test.

At each tumor measurement, overall mouse bodyweight is also measured, either individually by mouse or by cage. The mean body weight within each treatment group is graphed by timepoint and visually inspected for patterns which might indicate toxicity or disease-related weight loss. Animals with weight loss 20% or greater are euthanized.

For ALL experiments, ORM categories are defined as:
- PD when huCD45+ never < 1% during study period and mouse reaches event (huCD45+ > 25%) at some point during the study period
- PD1 when PD and the mouse’s time-to-event ≤ 200% the median time-to-event in control group
- PD2 when PD and the mouse’s time-to-event > 200% the median time-to-event in control group
- SD when huCD45+ never < 1% and mouse never reaches event during the study period
- PR when huCD45+ < 1% at least once during the study period, but not CR
- CR when huCD45+ < 1% for only 2 consecutive weekly readings (once or more) during the study period, regardless of whether event is reached at a later timepoint
- MCR when huCD45+ < 1% for at least 3 consecutive weekly readings at any time after treatment has been completed
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In addition to drug evaluation services, the TPC-DTC offers the following services:
1. Genomics guidance for model selection, and analysis of model sensitivity data
2. Tissue microarrays (TMAs) for IHC that encompass pediatric cancers including sarcomas (Ewing sarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, osteosarcoma), malignant rhabdoid tumor, Wilms tumor, neuroblastoma, brain tumors (medulloblastoma, ependymoma, glioma, PXA), (link to annotated TMAs).
3. Snap-frozen (non-viable) PDX tissue for biochemical or omics analysis.
4. Viable cryopreserved PDX tissue for establishing PDX models (link to Tables 1 and 2). Fee per service ($100 per PDX model).
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Moreira A, Das H, Hasi-Zogaj M, Soileau B, Hill A, Bruder JM, Hale DE, Cody JD. (2019) Abnormal bone mineral content and density in people with tetrasomy 18. Am J Med Genet A 2019 Jan 13, doi: 10.1102/ajmg.a.61005. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30637922

Abnormal bone mineral content and density in people with Tetrasomy 18

Moreira A, Das H, Hasi-Zogaj M, Soileau B, Hill A, Bruder JM, Hale DE, Cody JD. (2019) Abnormal bone mineral content and density in people with tetrasomy 18. Am J Med Genet A 2019 Jan 13, doi: 10.1102/ajmg.a.61005. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30637922

Abnormal bone mineral content and density in people with Tetrasomy 18

Moreira A, Das H, Hasi-Zogaj M, Soileau B, Hill A, Bruder JM, Hale DE, Cody JD. (2019) Abnormal bone mineral content and density in people with tetrasomy 18. Am J Med Genet A 2019 Jan 13, doi: 10.1102/ajmg.a.61005. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30637922

Abnormal bone mineral content and density in people with Tetrasomy 18

Moreira A, Das H, Hasi-Zogaj M, Soileau B, Hill A, Bruder JM, Hale DE, Cody JD. (2019) Abnormal bone mineral content and density in people with tetrasomy 18. Am J Med Genet A 2019 Jan 13, doi: 10.1102/ajmg.a.61005. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30637922

Abnormal bone mineral content and density in people with Tetrasomy 18

Moreira A, Das H, Hasi-Zogaj M, Soileau B, Hill A, Bruder JM, Hale DE, Cody JD. (2019) Abnormal bone mineral content and density in people with tetrasomy 18. Am J Med Genet A 2019 Jan 13, doi: 10.1102/ajmg.a.61005. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30637922

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Fixed Price Services provides a means by which customers can quickly obtain pricing information for some of the most commonly requested types of work. It gives departments the ability to budget for the job without requesting and waiting for estimates and allows Facilities Management to route the work request straight to its various Trade Shops for completion.

Pricing of the work packages were determined using Facilities Management's extensive historical database of thousands of previously completed work. The pricing gives an accurate assessment of what the costs are to do the work in the ever-changing and challenging environment of the Health Science Center.

These are billed at a set rate, require no design effort, and can be expedited through the system. These services have a set scope of work and are not flexible in dealing with changing requirements.

Fixed Price work requests are typically accomplished during normal business hours. If the work is required to be completed during after-hours, the cost of the billable work will be adjusted to reflect actual costs.

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Facilities Management has a very active Employee of the Quarter and Employee of the Year program aimed to recognize those special individuals that go above and beyond what is expected of them. They represent the very best of the Health Science Center.

For July - September 2019, Facilities has selected Antuan Zeno and Marshal Moctezuma of the Housekeeping and Event Services Division.

Antuan Zeno

Custodian - Senior

Antuan is an outstanding employee who is always willing to go the extra mile when it comes to performing his duties.

Antuan is always ready to work with little or no supervision and is an example of professionalism to his colleagues.

Antuan works extremely well with all of his colleagues and is an important asset to the FM team.

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Marshall is a great asset to the department. He always comes to work with a smile and a great attitude.

Whether it means coming in early, staying late, or working the weekend, Marshall consistently proves his dependability and can always be counted on to go the extra mile.

Marshall is well-deserving of this award as a result of his exemplary performance and professionalism.

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Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

As the premier academic research center of the seventh largest city in the country, we conduct interdisciplinary basic and clinical research which helps improve scientific knowledge and advance medical technology.

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The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UT Health San Antonio offers 21 academic programs in the biomedical sciences. Located in the heart of the South Texas Medical Center, our university is next to 5 medically related institutions, more than 45 clinics, 12 major hospitals, one higher education institution, and countless small practices, offices, and non-medical businesses.

We offer certifications, bachelor's, master's and doctoral allied health programs. In addition to classroom lectures, our programs offer clinical training opportunities in a variety of settings to ensure our students have exposure to a multitude of professional opportunities.

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At the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UT Health San Antonio, we are passionate about teaching the Art of Science. We not only train future scientists, we also equip students with the tools to better understand how to solve the challenges of tomorrow.

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Teaching the Art of Science

The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UT Health San Antonio provides an individualized, diverse and multidisciplinary learning environment for students to develop the knowledge, skills and creativity necessary to succeed in the evolving biomedical disciplines.

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The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) was established in 1972 and currently hosts doctoral programs in Biomedical Engineering, Health Sciences, Integrated Biomedical Sciences (IBMS), Nursing Science, Radiological Sciences and Translational Science. A Professional Doctorate in Medical Physics and Master’s degrees in Cell Systems and Anatomy, Clinical Investigation and Translational Science, Biomedical Engineering, Dental Hygiene, Dental Science, Immunology and Infection, Medical Health Physics, and Personalized Molecular Medicine are offered. Certificates in Biomedical Data Science (pending SACSCOC approval), Cancer Prevention (CCP), Pre-Professional (PP), and Translational Science (CTS) are also offered.

These academic programs offered by the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences are designed to provide a fundamental foundation of knowledge and scientific inquiry and enable the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences to assert its primary objective of educating students committed to the advancement of knowledge in contemporary areas of the biomedical sciences. Our educational and research faculty are housed in all five schools of UT Health San Antonio. A compelling aspect of graduate education in a health science center is the opportunity for graduate students to interface with health professionals with diverse technological and conceptual capabilities and perspectives in the biomedical sciences. These programs provide opportunities for graduate students to become competent in a specialized field, to attain excellence in the conduct of research, and to gain an understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of biomedical sciences. Our graduate programs are offered in a prominent academic health science center and provide an environment where scientific inquiry can synergize with the healing professions to guide our science in seeking solutions to even the most vexing biomedical issues plaguing mankind.

The proof of accomplishment or enduring value of any educational process is evidenced in the demonstrated productivity and academic achievement of the graduates of the program. Without question, the doctoral and masters programs of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences have, during the past four decades, achieved outstanding success in their educational mission of preparing professional scientists who function well in academic, industrial, and government sectors.

There is a diversity of talent, but also a unity of purpose in teaching and mentoring students in an exciting array of interdisciplinary and discipline-based fields of study and research.

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Each program is supervised by a Committee on Graduate Studies (COGS) composed of members of the graduate faculty of that program.

GSBS Administration

At the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, we have a team of staff dedicated to supporting students and alumni with their professional and academic journey.

Office of Career Development

The Office of Career Development provides innovative career and professional development that responds to the needs of the biomedical workforce. Our office does this through strategic national and community partnerships that inform the development of professional development workshops, networking opportunities, and outreach programs for graduate trainees. The vision of this office is that graduate education will adapt to the needs of the growing biomedical workforce and effectively prepare professionals for their career paths.

GSBS Alumni

Since doors opened in 1968, UT Health San Antonio has had more than 39,700 graduates (physicians, dentists, nurses, scientists and allied health professionals) serve in their fields, including many in Texas. In the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, we have more than 4,000 graduates worldwide working in industry, academia, government, scientific publishing, teaching, and many more professions.

About UT Health San Antonio.

We serve patients in San Antonio and South Texas. Our health care professionals serve in more than 100 affiliated hospitals, clinics and health care facilities across San Antonio, Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley. More than 3,000 students, researchers and post-doctoral students from around the world come to the UT Health San Antonio to study, research and discover new breakthroughs.

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The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences accepts around 120 students every fall for our programs. Our programs depth and breadth of research span from basic science to tool-based science to translational science. As a premier academic research center, we are committed to training the next generation of researchers and science specialists. Our Master of Science students typically graduate within two years and our doctoral students graduate within 5.5 years.

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As a Hispanic-serving institution, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences is committed to training a diverse student body. This commitment is spearheaded by a community of scholars in out three underrepresented NIH grants; the Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP), the BRIDGES doctorate joint program with Texas State University, and the Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD).

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No matter where you are headed, we have the program to help you get there. Choose from among 21 cutting-edge biomedical science graduate programs.

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Doctorate of Medical Physics
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering
Ph.D. in Health Sciences
Ph.D. in Nursing Science
Ph.D. in Radiological Sciences
Ph.D. in Translational Science
South Texas Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD Program)
Ph.D. in Integrated Biomedical Sciences

Biochemical Mechanisms in Medicine
Biology of Aging
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology, Genetics, and Molecular Medicine
Molecular Immunology & Microbiology
Neuroscience
Physiology and Pharmacology

Masters

M.S. in Biomedical Engineering
M.S. in Cell Systems & Anatomy
M.S. in Clinical Investigation & Translational Science
M.S. in Dental Hygiene
M.S. in Dental Science
M.S. in Immunology & Infection
M.S. in Medical Health Physics
M.S. in Personalized Molecular Medicine

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Certificate in Biomedical Data Science
Graduate Certificate in Cancer Prevention Program
Graduate Certificate in Translational Science Program
Pre-Professional Graduate Certificate

Non-Degree Student

Considering a career in science, but not yet ready to go all in? As a non-degree student, you can take a course, or courses, to test the waters before fully committing.

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UT Health San Antonio is the premier academic research center of the seventh largest city in the country. Our research process emphasizes translational science, taking basic research to pre-clinical research, followed by clinical implementation and public health studies. Our research literally goes from bench to bedside, with over 200 studies conducted on average each year, targeting prevalent diseases and disorders.

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Cancer

Our cancer research brings treatment and therapy to patients of all ages, battling different forms of cancer.

Cardiovascular

Our cardiovascular research is transforming diagnosis and treatment for patients with heart disease.

Diabetes & Kidney Health

Our diabetes, kidney, and metabolic disorders research seeks to discover better health outcomes to address an alarmingly high comorbidity in the South Texas population.

Infectious Disease

Our research conducted in infectious disease explores the spread of microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses and seeks to find ways of preventing and minimizing the spread of disease.

Longevity & Aging

Our research in longevity and aging explores new ways of improving quality of life and lifespan for those with age-related disease.

Military Health

Our military health research seeks to combat health issues facing our military today.

Neuroscience

Our research in neuroscience extends from single cell studies to targeting specific neurological diseases, disorders, and trauma.

Regenerative Medicine

Our research in regenerative medicine ranges from cellular study to engineering new body tissues.

Fueling Research by the Numbers

Researchers at UT Health San Antonio contribute to leading publications in numerous fields of specialty and continually compete with institutions nationwide for grants to support research with the potential for high-impact discoveries.
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Innovation Impact

UT Health San Antonio and Research Partners Lead the Way

UT Health San Antonio is committed to training tomorrow's talent, who are relentlessly pursuing discoveries that translate into life-changing, life-saving technologies. Critical to these breakthroughs are our 8 state of the art core lab facilities that create the pathway for investigators to do cutting-edge research leading to treatments for our local and global communities.

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Collaborative Partnership

UT Health San Antonio, located in Military City, U.S.A., has a rich history of research collaboration with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs leading to publications in top peer-reviewed journals with global impact. Research partnerships are ground zero for discovery leading to better patient care and outcomes for both active and civilian patients. UT Health San Antonio recognizes the power of partnership and collaboration in research as we seek new knowledge about treatments, cures, and discoveries. Find out more about our collaboration opportunities by contacting the Office of the Vice President for Research at 210-567-3720 or vpr@uthscsa.edu.

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Life in graduate school is about more than just classes and research. Take advantage of the resources your new community offers you. There are many opportunities for students to get involved like joining student groups.

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It's All About Community

We are passionate about community outreach at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and we routinely partner with nonprofit organizations and local K-12 schools to bring science to the classroom.

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San Antonio is a modern, vibrant city, rich in heritage with colorful personality forged across three centuries. Its unique mixture of native Mexican, German and Spanish influence is noticeable in the city's distinctive architecture, music, arts, and cuisine.

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Since doors opened in 1968, UT Health San Antonio has had more than 39,700 graduates (physicians, dentists, nurses, scientists and allied health professionals) serve in their fields, including many in Texas. In the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, we have more than 4,000 graduates worldwide working in industry, academia, government, scientific publishing, teaching, and many more professions.

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At the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, community is measured in shared stories, lessons, and laughs. Kudos to those alumni who have won wide recognition as innovators in a broad range of fields—from business and technology to law and academia.

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GSBS Alumni Website

Are you looking to connect with our alumni? We have a great way for you to do this. One of our biggest aims is for you to make meaningful connections between alumni to positively impact your professional lives and careers.

To use the alumni database, please sign up for an account at our alumni website.

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Pipette Gazette

Read more about what is happening on campus with articles about current students, staff, faculty, and alumni at the Pipette Gazette. Be sure to subscribe to get a newsletter every two weeks right to your inbox.

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Ph.D. in Translational Science

The Translational Science Ph.D. program is a joint program between UT Health San Antonio, UT San Antonio, UT Austin, and UT Health Houston School of Public Health.

This collaboration of four universities to offer a single joint doctoral degree is unique in the UT System. The program is designed to use the existing resources and expertise in specific key areas of each university to offer a strong, diverse, and competitive doctoral program.

The program prepares the next generation of scientists to lead the multi-disciplinary biomedical research teams of the future in increasingly complex research environments. These scientists advance knowledge toward the goal of translating basic biomedical scientific discoveries into strategies that will improve healthcare delivery, patient outcomes, and community health.

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Ph.D. in Integrated Biomedical Sciences

The Integrated Biomedical Sciences (IBMS) Graduate Program is a cutting-edge, dynamic, multidisciplinary Ph.D. program fueled by the energy and enthusiasm of several hundred scientists throughout the basic science and clinical departments on the UT Health campus, as well as from select off-campus institutions. Students admitted into the IBMS identify a “primary discipline of interest” during their first year. Each of the 7 disciplines (below) has a core curriculum that prepares students for successfully completing investigations in their area of research focus. Importantly, each discipline’s plan of study can be flexible to best serve the needs of each student and all IBMS students have access to all offerings of the program.

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Seven Disciplines

Biochemical Mechanisms in Medicine

Biology of Aging

Cancer Biology

Cell Biology, Genetics, and Molecular Medicine

Molecular Immunology & Microbiology

Neuroscience

Physiology and Pharmacology

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Bachelor's Degree
GRE scores are not required for applicants applying to the IBMS Graduate Program
Three letters of recommendation

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Financial considerations

Students receive a stipend of $30,000. Tuition, fees, and basic student health insurance are covered by the program.

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Graduation, student, faculty and institutional statistics for the Integrated Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program.

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Michelle Mudge-Riley, DO, MHA, RDN

T. Arthur Chang, Ph.D., HCLD

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Kenneth Hargreaves, D.D.S., Ph.D.

Philip LoVerde, Ph.D.

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Mona Bains, Ph.D.

James Roberts, Ph.D.

Jessica M. Ibarra, Ph.D.

Lila P. LaGrange, Ph.D.

Timothy Raabe, Ph.D.

Brian Stout, Ph.D.

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Kenneth Hargreaves, D.D.S., Ph.D.

Professor and Chair, Dept of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, UT Health San Antonio

Professor, Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology and Surgery, Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio

Dr. Ken Hargreaves received his D.D.S. from Georgetown University School of Dentistry and his Ph.D. in physiology from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical and basic pain research at the National Institute of Health and his residency in endodontics from the University of Minnesota.

He joined the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, as Professor and Chair of the Department of Endodontics in 1997, and is jointly appointed as a professor in the Departments of Pharmacology and Physiology and Surgery (Medical School).

His area of research focuses on the pharmacology of pain and inflammation and currently he serves as a private investigator or co-private investigator on $30 million in NIH research grants. He has received an NIH MERIT Award and the 2013 UT Health San Antonio Presidential Distinguished Senior Research Scholar Award.

He has published 160 papers, two textbooks, and has five patents issued/pending. Among these papers are the description and validation of the “Hargreaves method,” which is broadly recognized as a standard method for evaluating new analgesic drugs, and is in the top 5 percent of all papers cited in the field of pain research.

Education

B.A., Neurobiology, University of California Berkeley, 1977
D.D.S., Georgetown University, 1983
Ph.D., Physiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Science, 1986
Postdoc lab of Ron Dubner, National Institutes of Health, 1985-90
Certificate in Endodontics, University of Minnesota, 1993

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I am a clinician-scientist who is focused on basic and clinical translational research on pain. I use a “team science” approach both within my group as well as with deep sustained collaborations among several pain labs on campus. I got to this point in my career by focusing on the gap between basic scientists and clinicians.

In my opinion, this “desert” hinders development of novel therapies since basic scientists do not have direct patient experience and clinicians do not have experience with mechanistic research. These problems hinder development of break-through therapeutics. I believe that this problem is ideally addressed by clinician-scientists and team science.

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Common Career Choices for Science Ph.D. Grads

By: Leah Cannon
Originally posted on the Life Science Network

If you are a life science Ph.D., or are on your way to getting one, and are thinking about what to do next, here are five common jobs people choose after graduating:

Academic postdoc

Unsurprisingly, 80 percent of life science Ph.D. grads go on to do an academic postdoc. This is because 95 percent of Ph.D. students want to stay in academia and a postdoc is the next logical step in an academic career. However, it may not be the best choice for you as there are far more Ph.D. grads than tenured and tenure-track positions and only 5 - 16 percent of Ph.D. grads will eventually have their own lab. Also, for the first 15 years of their careers, postdocs, even those who eventually transition into an industry job, eventually earn 17 - 21 percent less than people who go straight into industry after a Ph.D.

Industry postdoc

Yes such as thing exists. Most big pharma and many big biotech companies including Pfizer, Janssen, AstraZeneca and Genetech (now part of Roche) have postdoctoral programs. They offer many of the same benefits as an academic postdoc with mentors and opportunities to publish and present work both internally and externally at conferences, but with the added bonus of learning how scientific discoveries are translated into products in an industry setting. Salaries are also much higher than for academic postdocs, starting at around $70,000/year with additional fringe benefits usually including: medical, dental and vision insurances; life and disability insurance; 401(k) and paid vacation time.

Scientific position in industry

These positions differ from industry postdocs in that you are not working on an entire project, you are contributing to a project. You will be told what experiments to do and will have less freedom than a postdoc. However, you will still have the opportunity to learn how a pharma or biotech company works and will be able to move up in R&D or move laterally into communications, business development or other roles.

Science communications

When Ph.D. students and postdocs are thinking about non-academic careers, science communications is often at the top of their list. Science communication is a hugely diverse field encompassing many different types of jobs and sub-fields including science journalism, marketing, public relations, institutional communications, medical and technical writing, medical science liaisons and public education and outreach. The list is huge. If you like to write and present information and think this field will suit you, talk to someone who works in SciComm to work out which job would be best the best fit for you.

Sales

If you want to work in industry but don't want to do bench research, sales can be a good entry-level position. It allows you to learn about how the company works and you can work your way up and across into business development, product management or project management. It takes time to find a new job so it really helps if you can make the time to start researching jobs, building skills and networking at least 12 months before you want to transition.

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Career Planning Resources

8 Self Assessments You Need To Improve At Work
Harvard Business Review pulled together several of HBR’s best assessments and quizzes to help give you a sense of what you need to work on and how to go about it.
AAAS Career Basics Booklet
This 80-page booklet has all the information that you need to get your career on the right track. Articles and resource lists provide information on choosing a career path, marketing yourself, identifying skills needed in different career paths, and understanding diversity issues.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund: Career Development
Advice on how to achieve scientific independence including postdoctoral training, grant writing, lab management, and effective communication.
Career Toolkits For Researchers
This toolkit from jobs.ac.uk is an interactive guide to help you formulate an ongoing career strategy.
Career Trends: Developing Your Skills
A Science Careers booklet that examines the skills needed for students, postdocs, and faculty to help transition to their next career phase.
English Communication For Scientists
English Communication for Scientists is a brief guide on how to communicate more effectively in English, no matter how much previous experience you have.
Global Academic & Careers Guide
This toolkit from jobs.ac.uk provides essential advice & top tips for academics looking to expand their horizons overseas.
HHMI Resources For The Development of Early-Career Scientists
This website can help new investigators “make the right moves” and assist those who take on the important task of providing early-career researchers with scientific management training.
Know Your Personality Type
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is a commonly used tool for determining personality preferences. You can use this free tool to get started investigating your type and preferences.
Medical/Dental Program Interview Help
It is important to practice for any type of interview and this handout provides tips as well as sample questions for use to prepare for both real and mock interviews.
Networking Diagram
A diagram to help you navigate the room from Diane Darling.
NIH Office Of Intramural Training and Education (OITE) Resources
The OITE is a flagship resource of Career Development in the biomedical sciences.
Research Publications Planner
This toolkit from jobs.ac.uk provides you with charts to create a long-term plan, conference plan, and minor publications before you start writing.
Young Scientist Survival Kit
A toolkit on how to design effective scientific presentations, take risks, pick a graduate advisor, and careers outside the lab.

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FDA Commissioner's Fellowship Program
FDA invites outstanding health care professionals, scientists, and engineers to apply to its two-year Fellowship Program, where they will receive regulatory science training and the chance to conduct cutting-edge research on targeted scientific or regulatory issues under the mentorship of an FDA senior scientist.
Humboldt Research Fellowship
The Humboldt Research Fellowship enables highly qualified scientists and scholars of all nationalities and all disciplines to carry out research projects for extended periods of time in cooperation with academic hosts at research institutions in Germany. Fellowships are awarded on the basis of academic achievement, the quality and feasibility of the proposed research, and the applicant's publications.
National Postdoctoral Association job board
Search tool includes postdoctoral and other career opportunities, fellowships, and scholarships.
NIH postdoctoral research and training opportunities
Positions available at NIH and its various institutes, as well as fellowship offerings.
Postdoc Jobs
Brings together recent Ph.D.s, professors, research institutions, and other employers to find a good match.

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LinkedIn Jobs
Leverage the world’s largest professional network to build relationships and connect with opportunity. Use LinkedIn Jobs to harness the power of your network to uncover insights such as whom you know at a company, providing you an edge in your job search.
ZipRecruiter
A general search for jobs in biomedical sciences.

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Academic Keys
A source for academic employment and professional resources in higher education, the site provides a venue for matching qualified applicants with academic career opportunities. Academic Keys is a resource for those looking for their first academic job, as well as those who are well-established but seek a change in their academic career. The website is dedicated to creating an environment for information and collegial exchange among academicians via the Internet. It is also dedicated to graduate students who wish to learn more about academic opportunities and resources.
Academic360.com
This site is a collection of Internet resources that have been gathered for the academic job hunter. It includes links to faculty, staff, and administrative announcements and is not restricted to teaching positions
Academic Careers Online
This site includes faculty, research, postdoctoral, adjunct, administrative, and senior management positions at (community) colleges, universities, and research institutes around the world.
Drug Abuse Careers
Alcohol Awareness Council has created this resource for discussion careers in Drug Abuse.
Career.edu
This is a job board for the international research and academic community. The service is reserved for universities and government research agencies, such as the NIH, CERN, CNRS, etc. There is a search function which can limit your search to faculty or executive/department head.
Chronicle of Higher Education
Search for academic jobs at this site entitled Chronicle Careers
HERC Jobs
The National Higher Education Recruitment Consortium assists the regional HERCs to support their member institutions in their efforts to recruit and retain outstanding and diverse faculty and staff and to support dual-career couples.
National Institutes of Health
Choose from administrative, scientific, research, and clinical positions.
National Science Foundation
Career opportunities include administrative, scientific, education, and professional positions.
Neuroscience
Society of Neuroscience lists postdoctoral and faculty positions available.
Psyc Careers
A psychology career resource.
Psychology
Search for available positions on this site from the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
Research Network
The job board for academic positions and research careers.
Science Careers
University Job Bank
Postings of postdoctoral, faculty, staff/administrative, and executive positions at institutions of higher education.
Women in Higher Education
Search this site for a variety of positions at academic institutions.

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InPharm
Provides “life support” to the pharmaceutical industry.
International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering
Find a job day or night using ISPE's Global Online Career Center, or learn about on-site career opportunities at select ISPE Conferences.
Jobscience
Job board for health industry including biotech/pharma, medical devices, and diagnostics.
Monster.com
Search for jobs by category including Biotechnology and Pharma.
Preferred Professional Recruiters
Recruiting for mid-level management in areas such as diagnostics, biotechnology, medical device, hospitals, pharmaceutical, and pharmaceutical services.
Parenteral Drug Association
Association career center that connects people, science, and regulation.

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Research Integrity

The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) oversees research integrity activities for the Public Health Service (PHS), including investigations into research misconduct in research supported by PHS. Their site includes general RCR resources, as well as topic-specific resources for the nine core areas of research integrity identified by NIH. Materials include interactive videos, case studies, web modules, and relevant publications. This site may be of particular relevance to those investigators who are supported by NIH funds. See especially the ORI Introduction to the Responsible Conduct of Research by Nicholas H. Steneck (illustrations by David Zinn).

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On Being a Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research (3rd edition)

This text has been developed by National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and the Institution of Medicine. On Being a Scientist is designed to supplement informal ethics training provided to graduate students and beginning researchers by their mentors and includes discussions of research misconduct, handling violations of professional standards, laboratory safety, intellectual property, and the researcher in society.

Boston College RCR Program

Links on RCR topics, including data management, IP, mentoring, publication issues, peer review, collaboration, animal and human subjects, safety, responsibility to society, misconduct, financial issues, more.

Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)

The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) was founded in March 2000 as a collaboration between the University of Miami and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to develop a web-based training program in human research subjects protections.

This program requires subscription (except RCR). It includes coursework in:

Basic Courses in the Protection of Human Research Subjects.

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Health Information Privacy and Security Course (HIPS)
Laboratory Animal Welfare Courses for investigators and IACUC Members
Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)

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Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)

COURSE 1: Conflicts of Interest
COURSE 2: Mentoring
COURSE 3: Responsible Authorship and Peer Review
COURSE 4: Research Misconduct
COURSE 5: Collaborative Science
COURSE 6: Data Acquisition and Management

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Spotlight on Research Integrity monthly workshops

A monthly workshop that features notable speakers from inside and outside of the university and is designed to promote meaningful and sometimes difficult discussion of controversial issues in contemporary biomedical research.

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Office of Research Integrity,Common Mistakes in Responsible Authorship
National Academies Press, Integrity in Scientific Research: Creating an Environment That Promotes Responsible Conduct (2002)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, A Handbook for Graduate Students and Advisers
National Science Foundation, Human Subjects Grant Policy

Department of Education, Protection of Human Subjects in Research
National Library of Medicine, Ethical Issues in Research Involving Human Participants
U.S. Department of Energy, Human Subjects Protection Program
Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research, PRIM&R

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Graduate Student Association (GSA)

Graduate school can be tough. The Graduate Student Association is here to make things a bit easier for you.

The GSA is a student-led organization with the sole purpose providing assistance for career development, organizing social events for the graduate student body, and addressing key issues that can have a direct effect on your life as a graduate student.

Email uthscsa.gsa@gmail.com with questions, comments or concerns.

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Faculty Advisor – Marcus Webster
President– Amber Asher
Vice President – Kate Tuite
Secretary – Shawn Flynn
Student Ambassador – Claira Glaser
Treasurer – John Im

Graduate Student International Club (GSIC)

The transitions and adjustments to a life away from home are stressful and can be often overwhelming! The Graduate Student International Club is a student-led resource support group for international students at UT Health San Antonio. The purpose of this group is to best guide and assist the current and incoming international students by providing resources that allow them to successfully transition to life in the USA with the overall goal of improving and making a productive study atmosphere on campus. One of the major purposes of the Graduate Student International Club is to help international students with the initial transition to the life in the USA by providing services like airport pickups, hosting international students, information resources for housing, utilities and social activities. The Graduate Student International Club organizes sociocultural events that are aimed at fostering collaboration and networking between students from diverse backgrounds to help them achieve their social, educational and professional goals. To learn more, email Graduate Student International Club by contacting Bowen at yangb@uthscsa.edu.

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Meetings are held on the last Thursday of every month from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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Treasurer – Yijiang Xu
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Faculty Advisor – Nicquet Blake

SACNAS Chapter

The Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) is a society of scientists dedicated to fostering the success of Hispanic/Chicano and Native American scientists from college students to professionals to attain advanced degrees, careers and positions of leadership. The UT Health San Antonio chapter works to organize campus and community activities to promote the scientific and personal development of its members.

Email SACNASatUTHSCSA@gmail.com to join the chapter or be part of the email list.

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Meetings are held on the last Wednesday of the month from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

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President – George Parra
Vice President – Raphael Reyes
Secretary – Courtney Johnson
Treasurer – Elizabeth Martinez-Scholze
Outreach Coordinator – Christian Cervantes
Historian – Denisse Paredes
Faculty Advisors – Dr. Nicquet Blake & Dr. Alexander Pertsemlidis

Student Government Association (SGA)

To represent and unite all UT Health San Antonio students; To provide for and enhance communication and interaction between the students of the five schools, the students and faculty, the students and administration, and the students and institutions of higher education throughout Texas; To further communication and relationships between UT Health San Antonio and the community; To advise and assist the administration in reaching decision on policy that concerns the students of UT Health San Antonio; To assist in broadening the intellectual, cultural, and recreational opportunities and capabilities of the student body; To assist the administration in the expenditure of Student Service Activity Fees and all other compulsory fees.

If you would like to learn more, email Samantha Yee at YeeS@livemail.uthscsa.edu.

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Meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month at 5:30pm except for August and January, which will be the second Thursday.

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President 21-22 – Kevin Hamilton (SHP)
Vice President 21-22 – Maryann England (LSOM)
Secretary 21-22 – Raksha Parthasarathy (GSBS)
Treasurer 21-22 – Vishal Rajesh (LSOM)
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Representatives 20-21 - Mustafa Mithaiwala, Meilinn Tram, Larry Broome, Raksha Parthasarathy
Faculty Advisor – Ellyse Sanchez

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Abdulhafiz Aliagan, M.S.

Ph.D. Student

Abdulhafiz is working on elucidating the role of the inner mitochondrial membrane protein (Mic60/Mitofilin) in Parkinson’s disease. Mitochondrial dysfunction is a major hallmark in many diseases including Parkinson’s disease, and Mic60/Mitofilin dysregulation plays a key role in mitochondrial dysfunction. The goal of his research is to understand the mitochondrial-dependent mechanism leading to mitochondrial dysfunction and ultimately dopaminergic neuron death in Parkinson disease, using mouse models and in vitro models. He combines various multidisciplinary approaches including biochemical, molecular biology, genetics, neuroscience and microscopic approaches to elucidate the mechanism of Mic60 downregulation, and how to protect against this downregulation to induce neuroprotection.

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M.S., Biology, Texas A&M University, Kingsville, 2017
B.S., Microbiology, Kwara State University, 2013

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Invited platform presenter, Perry & Ruby Stevens Parkinson’s Disease Center of Excellence, San Antonio, TX, March 2019.

Education

Feng, Y., Madungwe, N.B., Imam Aliagan, A.D., Tombo N., and Bopassa, JC (2019). Liproxstatin-1 protects the mouse myocardium against ischemia/reperfusion injury by decreasing VDAC1 levels and restoring GPX4 levels. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2019 Oct 14. pii: S0006-291X(19)31897-2. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.10.006.
Imam Aliagan A.D., Daraei M.A, Feng, Y., Liu L, Madungwe, N.B., Tombo, N., and Bopassa J.C (2019) Mitofilin Interacts with Parkin in the Inner Mitochondrial Membrane to Increase Dopaminergic Neuron Death in Response to PD Stressors. In review.
Madungwe, N.B., Feng, Y., Imam Aliagan, A.D., Tombo, N., Kaya, F., and Bopassa, J.C. (2019). Inner mitochondrial membrane protein MPV17 mutant mice hearts display impaired cardiac functional recovery after ischemia/reperfusion via dysregulation of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore. In review.

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The Institute for Integration of Medicine and Science’s (IIMS) mission is to integrate clinical and translational research and career development across all University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio schools and among our diverse public and private partners in South Texas.

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The Institute for Integration of Medicine and Science’s (IIMS) mission is to integrate clinical and translational research and career development across all University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio schools and among our diverse public and private partners in South Texas. Clinical research studies are conducted with the participation and collaboration of human volunteers. Translational research studies move basic science discovery to patient-based applications and then out into clinical practice with the ultimate goal of human health improvement. Simply put, the IIMS will reduce barriers to research and stimulate the transformation of knowledge into improved health care.

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We are the Institute for Integration of Medicine and Science (IIMS). This is the institutional home for the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) granted to the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) and its partner organizations.

The CTSA grant was awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2008. Our mission is to integrate clinical and translational research and career development across the South Texas area. We are reducing barriers to research and stimulating the transformation of knowledge into improved health care for Texas residents.

To accomplish this requires collaboration with many different organizations and input from many sources. This site will grow and improve as the users suggest new and informative content. We would very much like to hear from our community members about what they would like to see on this site – please send us email at IIMS-CTSA@uthscsa.edu with your suggestions and comments.

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The Office of Research Education and Mentoring’s (OREM) mission is to support and develop robust Translational Science Educational, Career Development and Degreed Certificate programs. All our programs are developed with the intent to further enhance the capabilities of students, staff and faculty members at our institution in the exciting field of Translational Science. Our diverse sets of programs are offered at various levels to meet the needs of the complex translational science workforce and a variety of health-related disciplines. Furthermore, our courses and programs utilize dedicated expertise from faculty members at UTHSA for education, mentoring and guided multidisciplinary research.

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Research is the foundation of the Clinical and Translational Science Award at UTHSCSA. Moreover, translational research, which is translating the findings in basic research more quickly and efficiently into medical practice and, thus meaningful health outcomes that directly impact the lives of our community, is our mission.

For clinical investigators looking for space to carry out clinical research, the IIMS offers several options in the Medical Center area as well as brand new research space at the RAHC. Descriptions of the facilities and resources are available here.

We offer Pilot Project Awards to provide funding to develop, monitor and expand a process to facilitate and support pilot and collaborative translational and clinical studies that will result in increased institutional and community-based trans-disciplinary research with a goal of improved health.

To develop and sustain an innovative paradigm to facilitate availability and use of state-of-the-art techniques for translational research, we provide Translational Technology Supplement Awards.

There are many ways for researchers to locate collaborators. We have selected Elsevier SciVal Experts (previously known as Collexis) as a platform for our researchers. We also provide access to BioMedExperts, a new online community that connects biomedical researchers to each other through co-author networks.

For our potential and current study participants, as well as researchers looking for a way to recruit subjects for an IRB approved study, we offer a list of our current clinical research studies, a safe participant registry for those interested in participating in research and a way for researchers to register to access that registry. Find more information on this page.

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STOHN is a practice-based research network (PBRN) dedicated to developing a research infrastructure for generating practical and timely information to enhance the quality and efficacy of oral health care. STOHN members are practicing dentists and dental hygienists in South Texas who help to develop and implement dental research where it really matters – in their practices.

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The Senior Health Alliance for Research (SHARE), is a geriatric-focused Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN). SHARE represents a collaboration between the University of Texas Health Science Center (dba UT Health San Antonio) and the WellMed Medical Group (WMG), the WellMed Medical Management Inc (WMMI), and their 501c3 philanthropic partner, the WellMed Charitable Foundation (WCF).

The mission of the SHARE is to develop and conduct practice-based geriatric research to improve the health of older adults. The goal of the SHARE PBRN is to generate practical and timely evidence that can be used by primary care providers to enhance the quality and efficacy of senior health care.

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ISRN aims to accelerate the development and dissemination of interprofessional improvement science in a systems context across multiple sites.

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The Improvement Science Research Network (ISRN) aims to accelerate the development and dissemination of interprofessional improvement science in a systems context across multiple sites. Across the country, healthcare experts, administrators, researchers, and clinicians are devising and testing new strategies to improve the safety and quality of patient care.

Yet, while patient safety and quality improvement in bedside care are clearly-stated national priorities, improvement science remains in a nascent stage, particularly in the area of multidisciplinary care processes within the hospital setting.

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The Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) Resource Center serves as the operational base for developing new and supporting existing PBRNs in the South Texas region.

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The Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) Resource Center serves as the operational base for developing new and supporting existing PBRNs in the South Texas region. The primary function of the PBRN Resource Center is to facilitate opportunities for collaboration between Health Science Center investigators and community clinicians to utilize the PBRN as their real world laboratory and to engage community clinicians in practice-based research. To accelerate the translation of clinical research into practice, new partnerships with clinicians who deliver the majority of care to the US population need to be supported. We are dedicated to transforming existing academic-community clinician relationships.

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UT Health San Antonio received a Clinical Translational Science Award in May, 2008. The CTSA included funds to create a PBRN Resource Center. STARNet (South Texas Ambulatory Research Network) and RRNet (Residency Research Network) have more than 25 years of combined experience in PBRN research, and have served as models for the development of new PBRNs in psychiatry, dentistry, and nursing. The PBRN Resource Center is flourishing, and has become a key link in the CTSA efforts for “Community Engagement”, building T2 translational research in South Texas.

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Q: What is a PBRN?
A: A PBRN is an organization comprised of community clinicians and researchers, united by a shared commitment to:
1) expand the science base of clinical care through studies conducted in their local clinic setting;
2) answer research questions generated by a community clinician; and
3) better understand health issues in their community clinical settings.
PBRNs have been described by the Institute of Medicine as a promising laboratory for transforming the relationship between academic researchers and community clinicians.

Q: What is a Practice Facilitator?
A:The PBRN infrastructure expansion model is based on the agricultural extension agent model, with “Practice Enhancement Research Coordinators (PERCs)” taking on the role of the extension agent.
PERCs are “circuit riders” who develop a relationship with a group of practices over a period of time to help them to evaluate and improve their quality of care.
This is generally accomplished through practice audits and feedback, patient satisfaction surveys, staff training, “cross-fertilization” (sharing of ideas among the eight practices), coordination of quality improvement initiatives, and provision of specific materials and resources (flow sheets, computer training, etc.).
A PERC also functions as a research assistant, making it easier for practices to participate in research projects undertaken by the PBRN. Also known as “practice facilitators,” this model of combining practice assistance with research has proven to be extremely successful in both Oklahoma and Oregon PBRNs.

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Research is the foundation of the Clinical and Translational Science Award at UTHSCSA. Moreover, translational research, which is translating the findings in basic research more quickly and efficiently into medical practice and, thus meaningful health outcomes that directly impact the lives of our community, is our mission.

For clinical investigators looking for space to carry out clinical research, the IIMS offers several options in the Medical Center area as well as brand new research space at the RAHC. Descriptions of the facilities and resources are available here.

We offer Pilot Project Awards to provide funding to develop, monitor and expand a process to facilitate and support pilot and collaborative translational and clinical studies that will result in increased institutional and community-based trans-disciplinary research with a goal of improved health.

To develop and sustain an innovative paradigm to facilitate availability and use of state-of-the-art techniques for translational research, we provide Translational Technology Supplement Awards.

There are many ways for researchers to locate collaborators. We have selected Elsevier SciVal Experts (previously known as Collexis) as a platform for our researchers. We also provide access to BioMedExperts, a new online community that connects biomedical researchers to each other through co-author networks.

For our potential and current study participants, as well as researchers looking for a way to recruit subjects for an IRB approved study, we offer a list of our current clinical research studies, a safe participant registry for those interested in participating in research and a way for researchers to register to access that registry. Find more information on this page.

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Now under construction is the UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty & Research Hospital. Slated to open in fall 2024, the hospital will be a cornerstone of advanced care for the region and beyond.

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“The new UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital is crucial for the Mays Cancer Center to be able to expand its treatment options. By having in-patient capabilities, we can offer cellular-based therapies, Phase I clinical trials, and new technologies in surgical care.”

– Ruben Mesa, MD, FACP, executive director of the Mays Cancer Center, explaining the emphasis on cancer care and research planned for the new hospital (Fall 2024 opening)

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Thank you for your interest in the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center in San Antonio, Texas. The Mays Cancer Center brings together the combined strengths of UT Health San Antonio and MD Anderson’s leading expertise in multidisciplinary, research-driven, patient-centered care.

As one of only four National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Centers in Texas, the Mays Cancer Center takes its place among the world's most respected centers devoted exclusively to leading edge research and unparalleled patient care.

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Great universities are nurtured to excellence by consistent and generous community support. This online community serves as a forum for our UT Health San Antonio family to exchange ideas and work together to increase funding that will build our university for the 21st century and beyond. Thanks to historic philanthropic participation at all levels of giving, the missions of UT Health San Antonio are advancing at record pace. We are increasing student enrollments that will directly increase the future number of health care professionals who will care for us, and for our children and grandchildren. We are expanding our research programs leading to medical discoveries that are easing suffering and improving clinical care. And, we have touched our community through the compassionate and caring hands of our faculty and students who contribute their time and skills to those in greatest need.

Please take this opportunity to find out how you can join our online community and connect and collaborate with your fellow alumni and friends toward advancing UT Health San Antonio.

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Please consider Donating Online as one of the quickest and most effective ways of making a difference. Your generosity is greatly appreciated and impacts so many.

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An endowment is a permanent gift to the University. The endowment corpus holds your entire gift in a perpetual fund which grows forever in its ability to contribute to the University and your area of interest, as specified in the endowment agreement. Endowment gifts allow both the corpus – your original gift – and the income the corpus generates – to grow.

To learn more about creating an endowment, please contact Stephanie Van Sickel at 210-567-2575.

What level of gift is required to establish an Endowment?

Endowments may be cash gifts, pledged gifts, planned gifts or combination “blended” gifts. A minimum gift of $10,000 establishes an Endowment at the Health Science Center. Endowed faculty positions begin at $100,000.

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As the largest health center in South Texas, we work together to discover better therapies for those with little hope, and we train those who deliver these novel therapies in compassionate and comprehensive medical care. Our goal is to improve health care one patient at a time.

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Our team is dedicated to three missions: educating the next generation of physicians, investigating the causes and cures of disease, and providing cutting edge medical care. We have world-class research and patient care centers focusing on cancer, diabetes, aging, Alzheimer’s, substance use, and traumatic stress disorders.

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U.S. News and World Report ranks the Long School of Medicine in the TOP 50

The Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine was ranked 36th in medical schools training primary care physicians, 47th in research medical schools, and 25th best medical school for diversity by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Grad Schools for 2022.

UT Health San Antonio cardio-oncology program recognized as a Center of Excellence

The cardio-oncology program at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has been recognized by the International Cardio-Oncology Society as a Center of Excellence.

UT Health San Antonio, UT Rio Grande Valley Selected as NIA Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

Joining this national network will promote research collaboration, encourage data sharing and open science, and offer information and clinical trials for patients and families affected by Alzheimer’s and related dementias.

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UT Health San Antonio’s Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine has been training physicians since 1968.

The Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio is the largest trainer of physicians in South Texas, many of whom remain in San Antonio and the region to practice medicine. With full accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), the school annually educates more than 900 students and trains 800 residents.

The UT Health Physicians practice is the largest vertically integrated medical group in San Antonio with 850 physicians in more than 100 specialties. This is powerful for patients, because specialists who are at the top of their professions work together in close proximity. Only here can a patient see these specialists as part of one team, each talking to the other about the patient's case. The spectrum of health care extends from primary care in health maintenance and disease prevention, all the way through the most complex specialty care, such as liver transplants or curing cardiac arrhythmias.

The Long School of Medicine and UT Health San Antonio have a highly productive research enterprise replete with basic scientific discoveries and state-of-the-art clinical care. World leaders in Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, cancer, aging and kidney disease, to name a few fields, are translating molecular discoveries into new therapies for these diseases. School of Medicine faculty members regularly publish in the top journals in the nation. UT Health San Antonio is home to the only National Cancer Institute designated Cancer Center in Central and South Texas, and a National Health Institute funded aging center and clinical trials center

San Antonio is fertile ground for testing new clinical treatments because demographically it is what the nation will look like in 20 years. The School of Medicine's clinical, research and educational partnerships with University Health System, the military including the South Texas Veterans Health Care System, and numerous state and private partners enrich San Antonio's large biosciences and health care economic sector.

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Our mission is to provide responsive and comprehensive education, research and service of the highest quality in order to meet the health-related needs of the citizens of Texas. In all aspects of fulfilling this mission, we are committed to demonstrating particular sensitivity to and focus on the South Texas region while fostering the broadest diversity and inclusion that ensures successful achievement of the institutional priorities.

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Our history

When The University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio opened its doors to students on Sept. 3, 1968, “there was great excitement and enthusiasm,” recalled Marvin Forland, M.D., who was among the first faculty members and still works on campus today at the age of 85.

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UT Health San Antonio is committed to delivering lifelong value to alumni of our five schools. Alumni Relations offers resources such as continuing medical education, community service learning initiatives, an alumni directory and more.

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The Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio is the largest trainer of physicians in South Texas, many of whom remain in San Antonio and the region to practice medicine. With full accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), the school annually educates more than 900 students and trains 800 residents.

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Undergraduate Medical Education

Your medical education will be supported and enhanced by a cadre of specialists with diverse medical, philosophical, and educational backgrounds.

Graduate Medical Education

We have approximately 950 residents and fellows representing over 85 specialties, we are steadfastly committed ot training the next generation of outstanding physicians.

Continuing Medical Education

We assume leadership in bridging current quality gaps in health care delivery by maintaining and enhancing the attitude, knowledge and skills of practicing physicians

Academy of Education Scholars

We facilitate and incentivize LSOM educators to join and build our Academy into a thriving participatory community of experts, mentors, and role-models, whose achievements measurably contribute to the institution, the profession, and the academic career advancement of self and others.

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The research conducted by Long School of Medicine faculty reaches further than the immediate outcome of publications, presentations, and even awards. Research changes lives.

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Bench to bedside and beyond

Long School of Medicine faculty are international leaders in behavioral health, neuroscience, imaging research, cancer, diabetes, healthy development and aging, and many other fields.

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Our researchers are dedicated to translating discoveries into strategies and therapies that address real-world needs.

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Carolina Solis-Herrera, M.D.

Carolina Solis-Herrera, M.D., is a Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio and the Medical Director of the Diabetes Clinic at UT Health Physicians’ Medical Arts and Research Center (MARC). Dr. Solis-Herrera is the recipient of the prestigious 2021 Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) Clinical Scientist Development Award. Her innovative and high-impact research focuses on sodium-glucose transport protein 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, a class of medications used to treat Type 2 diabetes. Hers was the only diabetes-related project among the 20 selected from a total of 254 submissions from around the country and the only project led by a physician-scientist in the Southwestern United States, including Texas.

David Gius, M.D., Ph.D.

David Gius, M.D., Ph.D., is the Associate Cancer Director of Translation Research, Assistant Dean for Research and Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio. Dr. Gius has been awarded a $1.6 million UT System Faculty STARs award to support his research on aging and breast cancer. The award will be used to purchase advanced equipment that will allow him and other researchers to look at the connection between aging, metabolism and the development of high-risk estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. This advanced equipment will allow him and other researchers to look at the connection between aging, metabolism and the development of high-risk estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer.

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UT Health San Antonio Alumni Relations and our elite group of 14,000 Long School of Medicine Alumni are committed to enhancing the educational experience of our medical students.

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Alumni & Student Spotlight

Alumni and Student Spotlights showcase those who are making a difference for UT Health San Antonio on campus and in their communities.

If you would like to nominate yourself or a fellow alumni or student to be featured in our next Spotlight, please email alumni@uthscsa.edu. Nominations should include: name, graduation year and degree, notable career achievements, current occupation.

Leo Lopez III, M.D.

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Distinguished Medical Alumnus Award

The Distinguished Medical Alumnus Award is the highest honor bestowed upon a graduate of the Long School of Medicine. It is given to a graduate who has demonstrated the highest principles of the medical profession and has made outstanding contributions to society and the field of medicine through patient care, basic research, clinical research, and health services administration.

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Aesculapian Laureate Society

The Aesculapian Laureate Society recognizes Long School of Medicine Alumni who have given more than $1M to the medical school.

Alumni Engagement Team

UT Health SA Alumni Relations office is located in the Academic and Administration Building on our main campus. Our office is here to provide resources, volunteer opportunities and programming to keep alumni, students and friends connected and engaged in life at UT Health San Antonio.

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Alumni Class Endowed Scholarships

The Alumni Class Endowed Scholarship Program gives alumni the chance to establish named scholarships in honor of their graduating classes to recruit the best and brightest medical students in the nation and around the world.

Student Education Enhancement Fund

The Student Education Enhancement Fund goes directly to enrich the educational experience of hundreds of medical students by providing access to programs and learning initiatives on campus and around the world.

Give and Estate Planning

Gifts may be designated to support an area meaningful to you, such as scholarships, crucial research to discover cures for diseases that may have touched your own family, community health, or recruitment of exceptional faculty.

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Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Our mission is to provide responsive and comprehensive education, research and service of the highest quality in order to meet the health-related needs of the citizens of Texas

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Our Admissions & Outreach Team will help you explore the world of medicine.

Outreach

Resources for prospective applicants and university premedical organizations are available.

Curriculum

Our curriculum integrates basic and clinical science knowdlege with early clinical experiences.

Student Affairs

Our mission is to help create a supportive and positive environment for students that enhances and supports learning.

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Dual Degree & Distiniction Programs

Students accepted to the undergraduate medical program at the Long School of Medicine have the opportunity to further specialize by applying to one of our six outstanding dual degree or distinction programs.

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Graduate Medical Education

We are steadfastly committed to training the next generation of outstanding physicians. Our Office’s major initiatives center around work-life/well-being, educational innovation, health systems science, and professional development.

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Our major clinical partners are University Health System, South Texas Veteran’s Health Care System (Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital), Brooke Army Medical Center, and the UT Health-San Antonio/M.D. Anderson Mays Cancer Center, the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in South Texas. As the only civilian academic medical center and civilian Level I Trauma Center in the region for adults and pediatrics, we develop the knowledge, people, processes, and medicine to make health happen for our community and beyond.

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Continuing Medical Education

Our office is the exclusive CME provider to the Long School of Medicine and provider to the local community, private practice, external societies, and the military

We are proud to offer "COVID Minutes," a podcast series with over 1,000 downloads that shares updates regarding COVID-19. Interviews of UTHSA faculty experts will give insights on COVID-19 to healthcare professionals. These on-demand podcasts are ideal for clinicians on the go and others who want to stay up to date.

Beware of scams by fraudulent websites and "registration service" providers

It is critical that all registrations are made directly from our official UT Health San Antonio Continuing Medical Education (CME) website. We cannot ensure registrations made from third-party vendors. Our staff makes every effort to shut down illegitimate websites as soon as we are made aware of them. Please use caution.

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We sponsor grand rounds across a broad spectrum of specialties. Grand Rounds are available virtually!

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Department of Medical Education

The Department of Medical Education values collaboration and partnership. Our approach to effective program development has been to work collaboratively across Centers, Departments, and Offices within our academic community at the Lozano Long School of Medicine. It is our desire to help envision, support, and shape programs across the Medical School.

Collaborative Programs

Forum Theater

The Department of Medical Education in collaboration with the Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics and Trinity University offer opportunities for unique educational experiences exploring more challenging topics such as Trauma Informed Care, Cultural Humility, Learner mistreatment. The unique modality of Forum Theater allows us to present scenarios to participants, who subsequently can act in the play to alter the outcome of the scenario. The participants are called “Spect-Actors”. This type of theater was introduced by a Brazilian Drama theorist named Augusto Boal in the early 1970’s and used to effect social justice change.

ACGME/Texas Regional Hub

The Regional Hub was a collaborative faculty development effort between UT Health San Antonio, SAUSHEC and UT Dell Medical school and the ACGME. UT Health San Antonio hosted the inaugural program in November 2019.

Rising Leaders Workshop

The Rising Leaders Workshop was developed in conjunction with the Office for Faculty, Dental School, School of Nursing, UME, the Military Health Institute, supported by the Vice President for Academic, Faculty and Student affairs to help develop leaders on the UT Health campus. The Rising Leaders program has a longitudinal component for participants who have completed the initial Rising Leaders Program.
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Faculty Development Resources

The Department of Medical Education provides educational faculty development opportunities for individuals, divisions, departments, institutions and regional collaboratives. We specialize in clinical supervision and educational best practices in the clinical setting.

Peer Observation Program

Deliberate practice has been shown to achieve mastery in performance for those who would like to work towards continuous improvement and mastery in clinical teaching. The Department of Medical Education offers a peer observation program in clinical
EPA Project

In an effort to move toward more objective assessment of resident competence, especially in the setting of a pandemic where educational experiences are being altered, the Department of Medical Education is leading a program across multiple surgical specialties to use Entrustable Professional Activities as a basis for ensuring resident competence prior to graduation.

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Graduate Medical Education

The House Staff Council is a representative organization serving the residents and fellows at UT Health San Antonio. Our mission is to improve patient care and graduate medical education by facilitating communication between the residents, the university, the hospitals and our community.

The council is made up of four officers and representatives from each department.

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Natalie Ridge, PGY-V
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Adedeji Olusanya, PGY-III
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Chirag Buch, PGY-III
Internal Medicine
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M.D./M.P.H.

Doctor of Medcine and Master of Public Health

Advocates. Educators. Researchers. Doctors.

The M.D./M.P.H. dual degree is offered by UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine and UT Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health in San Antonio. The M.D./M.P.H. is designed to prepare students to integrate medical and public health skills as practitioners and researchers. By combining M.D. training with an M.P.H. education, students are better prepared to treat individuals and to address health issues in communities. The MD/MPH program is perfect for students interested in global health, community health, clinical research, infectious disease, health promotion, public policy or administration, environmental medicine, and preventative medicine.

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Program Highlights

Our dual degree program offers a customized M.P.H. program through in-person and online coursework.

Professional Development & Training

Mentorship integrated into advising at both institutions, peer mentorship also provided.

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Leadership and staff from the UT Health School of Public Health and Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine.

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Resources within the San Antonio community and professional associations, as well as a list of faculty associated with the Long School of Medicine involved in public health work.

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Bench to Bedside and Beyond

UT Health San Antonio is the primary training site for health professionals serving the South Texas region. As a result of long-standing partnerships and productive relationships formed since its founding, UT Health San Antonio has grown to be a major education and research institution and is the chief catalyst for the leading sector of the San Antonio economy, the biosciences and health care industry. Designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution by the US Department of Education, the Health Science Center is the largest comprehensive health sciences university in South Texas, and the only tier-one research institution in South Texas.

Long School of Medicine faculty are international leaders in behavioral health, neuroscience, imaging research, cancer, diabetes, healthy development and aging, and many other fields. Their affiliation with UT Health San Antonio other provides access to institutional core facilities, 13 UT Health San Antonio centers and institutes, funding programs, six clinical care partners, and several partner institutions (including the Texas Biomedical Research Institute and the Southwest Research Institute).

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Mission in biomedical science

Cancer research at UT Health San Antonio, is getting a $23 million boost from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). Various laboratories of UT Health San Antonio will benefit from the new CPRIT support, while additional funds will expand drug development research and clinical trials.

Clinical

Ramon Cestero, MD, MBA, FACS, FCCM, trauma surgeon and clinical professor in the Department of Surgery, invented a new design for an abdominal surgical retractor, helping to advance surgical procedures and improve patient outcomes.

Translational

Shaun K. Olsen, Ph.D., has been awarded a $1 million UT System Faculty STARs award to conduct innovative research to better understand the molecular mechanisms of diseases and advance drug discovery efforts for treatment.

Community

San Antonio is the third city nationwide to be designated as a "Dementia Friendly City." UT Health San Antonio's Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases works to stem the tide of Alzheimer’s and other dementias with the latest evidence-based care, research, and education.

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COVID Webinar Series

Hosted by the Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio, Dean Robert Hromas M.D., FACP leads discussions with world leading physicians and scientists to discuss COVID-19 and its impact on medicine, healthcare, education, and the community. Each webinar installment of this COVID Webinar Series aims to gain fact-based insights from UT Health San Antonio's subject matter experts working to protect the health of the public, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19: Vaccines, Long-Term Effects, and What's to Come

Recorded Thursday April 29, 2021

Hosted By

Dean Robert Hromas, M.D., FACP, Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

Featured Panelists

Allen Anderson, M.D., FACC, FAHA Chief & Professor of Cardiology
Ruth E. Berggren, M.D., Professor, Infectious Diseases
Thomas F Patterson, M.D., Chief & Professor, Infectious Diseases
Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, M.D., Chair & Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Summary

Our expert UT Health SA panelists will be providing updates on the latest information on vaccines, long-term effects, cardiology effects and more related to COVID-19 that is happening here in San Antonio.

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Users must register to view webinar video recording.

Our COVID-19 Experts: Cutting Edge Medicine in the Community

Recorded Thursday March 4, 2021

Hosted By

Dean Robert Hromas, M.D., FACP, Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

Featured Panelists

Theresa Barton, M.D., Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Jason E. Bowling, M.D., Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases
Jan Patterson, M.D., Professor, Infectious Diseases
Carolina Solis-Herrera, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Diabetes

Summary

Our panel of experienced UT Health San Antonio physicians discuss a variety of topics during our COVID-19 presentation including emphasis for diabetes patients, pediatric recommendations, and the latest on vaccines.

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COVID-19 Today: An Update from UT Health SA Experts

Recorded Thursday February 4, 2021

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Dean Robert Hromas, M.D., FACP, Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

Featured Panelists

Ruth E. Berggren, M.D., Professor, Infectious Diseases
Jason E. Bowling, M.D., Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases
Thomas F Patterson, M.D., Chief & Professor, Infectious Diseases
Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, M.D., Chair & Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our way of life in many ways but what it has not changed is the heart of our Long School of Medicine family – our students, researchers, faculty, alumni and staff. We have focused a tremendous amount of attention on distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine to the community to providing exceptional health care to all our patients. We will also answer your questions on each of these issues and provide the latest updates on the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Navigating COVID-19: Vaccines, Therapeutics, and Beyond

Recorded Thursday December 3, 2020

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Dean Robert Hromas, M.D., FACP, Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

Featured Panelists

Ruth E. Berggren, M.D., Professor, Infectious Diseases
Jason E. Bowling, M.D., Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases
Jan Patterson, M.D., M.S., Professor, Infectious Diseases
Thomas F Patterson, M.D., Chief & Professor, Infectious Diseases
Barbara Taylor, M.D., M.S., Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases
Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, M.D., Chair & Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

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Our expert panelists will be providing updates to current vaccine clinical trials and therapeutic treatments here at UT Health San Antonio. They will also discuss the newest surge in case numbers and how we as a community can prepare ourselves to navigate through the pandemic.

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COVID-19: Help You Better Understand COVID-19, What It Means To You Where You Work and Live

Recorded Monday October 19, 2020

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Dean Robert Hromas, M.D., FACP, Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

Featured Panelists

Ruth E. Berggren, M.D., Professor, Infectious Diseases
Jason E. Bowling, M.D., Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases
Jan Patterson, M.D., M.S., Professor, Infectious Diseases
Thomas F Patterson, MD, Chief & Professor, Infectious Diseases
Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, Chair & Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Summary

COVID-19 has changed our lives forever. While most of us are fatigued with the pressure of the pandemic, it is still with us, and will not go away for likely another year, until after a vaccine becomes widely distributed. Please join us for updates on the latest treatments and outcomes, the types and timelines of potential vaccines, and the multiple long term complications that need rehabilitation. We will also answer your questions on each of these issues. Our panel of experts leads the nation in clinical trial accruals for the new COVID-19 treatments and the region in the public health response to the pandemic.

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Episode 7 - Long Covid (Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID (PASC))

COVID Minutes Podcast

Overview
This episode addresses the lingering symptoms that occur and remain after an episode of COVID. Common problem experienced by patients with PASC are discussed and recommendation for common symptoms are provided.

Target Audience

This educational activity is designed to meet the educational goals of physicians and other healthcare professionals specializing in infectious diseases, family and community medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine, and all those involved with the management of patients with coronavirus.

Learning Objectives
1. Discuss the lingering symptoms that occur and remain after an episode of COVID.
2. Discuss the most common problem of PASC.
3. Provide recommended therapies or modalities for chronic fatigue, anosmia, and brain fog.
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Continuing Medical Education Credit - Accreditation and Designation Statement

UT Health Science Center at San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

UT Health Science Center at San Antonio designates this enduring material for a maximum of .25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Certificate of Attendance

Healthcare professionals will receive a certificate of attendance and are asked to consult with their licensing board for information on applicability and acceptance.

Credit may be obtained upon successful completion of the activity’s evaluation.

Release date: 05/19/2021 Credits expire: 7/25/2023
Faculty

Jan E. Patterson, MD, MS, MACP, FIDSA, FSHEA, CHCP

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Professor of Medicine/Infectious Diseases and Pathology
Associate Dean for Quality & Lifelong Learning
Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine
UT Health San Antonio

Dr. Patterson is a Professor of Medicine/Infectious Diseases and Associate Dean for Quality & Lifelong Learning at The Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio. She is clinician and a healthcare epidemiologist and has served on the Infectious Diseases Society of America Board of Directors and is Past President of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. She is a longtime infectious diseases consultant to Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council (STRAC) and has also served on CDC’s Healthcare Infection Practices Advisory Committee and has been a consultant to San Antonio Metro Health Department. She has been a site principal investigator for new antimicrobial agents and is currently a co-investigator for the NIH Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial (ACTT) studies as outlined above and is a sub-investigator for the Novavax SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trial at UT Health and University Hospital.

Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD

Professor and Chair
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine
UT Health San Antonio

Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez is an accomplished academic Physiatrist and Professor and Chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio. She previously was a Medical Director of the Brain Injury and Stroke Program at a top three US News and World Report Best Hospital for Rehabilitation.

Dr. Gutierrez grew up in South Texas, then moved to Houston where she earned her undergraduate degree at Rice University, her medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine, and completed her PM&R residency training at the Baylor College of Medicine-UT Houston Rehabilitation Alliance. She excitedly moved to San Antonio to lead the distinguished Department of Rehabilitation Medicine in 2020. Her area of clinical expertise is the care of patients with traumatic brain injury, stroke rehabilitation, and interventional spasticity management. Most recently, she has developed a Post-COVID Recovery Clinic to help those who were diagnosed with COVID-19 and suffer from various physical, cognitive, and functional difficulties.

Relevant Financial Disclosures

Dr. Jan Patterson has disclosed that she is a NIH ACTT co-investigator and sub-investigator for the Novavax SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trial and has received an honorarium from Pfizer for an antifungal symposium and has received honoraria from Medscape.

Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez has no relevant disclosures. She has been a paid consultant for Merz, Allergan, Ipsen, Medtronic, and Piramal.

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Associate Dean for Quality and Lifelong Learning
Jan E. Patterson, M.D., M.S.
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All Alumni Scholarship Recipients

The Long School of Medicine Alumni Council awards scholarships that recognize students for academic excellence, clinical excellence, outstanding leadership, ethical standards, and exemplary service while enrolled in the Long School of Medicine.

Paul Cutler Award for Clinical Excellence

The Paul Cutler Award for Clinical Excellence recognizes a fourth-year student who best demonstrates the qualities of clinical excellence achieved through both the blend of art and science of medicine.

Award recipient: Victoria Arnold, Class of 2020

Long School of Medicine Alumni Merit Award – MS4

The Merit Award recognizes students’ academic excellence, leadership and exemplary service while enrolled at the Long School of Medicine.

Award recipients: Rachel Hamblin and Corey McNeilly, both are from the Class of 2020

Carlos Pestana, M.D., Ph.D. Medical Alumni Association Scholarship

The Carlos Pestana, MD, PhD, Award recognizes a graduating student for truly outstanding academic talent, clinical skills and ethical standards.

Award Recipient: Emily Henkel, Class of 2020

(L-R): Matthew Lunati, Curtis Clark, and David Philpott

Dean J. James Young Research Day Award

Award recipients: Matthew Lunati, Curtis Clark, David Philpott, and Nathan Rubalcava

(L-R): Dr. Jason Rocha and Dr. Jennifer Potter

Dean J. James Young Research Day Award

Award recipient: Dr. Jason Rocha

(L-R): Dr. Allison Grimes, Dr. Mayada Ali, and Dr. Bravein Amalakuhan

Dean J. James Young Research Day Award

Award Recipients: Dr. Allison Grimes, Dr. Mayada Ali, and Dr. Bravein Amalakuhan

(L-R): Dr. Francisco Gonzalez-Scarano, Jaqueline Bucher, and Dr. Pamela Camosy

Carlos Pestana, M.D., Ph.D. Award - 2015 Recipient

Award Recipient: Jaqueline Bucher

(L-R): Dr. Francisco Gonzalez-Scarano, Breanne Schiffer, and Dr. Pamela Camosy

Class of 1973 Scholarship Award - 2015 Recipient

Award Recipient: Breanne Schiffer

(L-R): Dr. Francisco Gonzalez-Scarano, Caitlin Fearing, and Dr. Pamela Camosy

Class of 2010 Scholarship Award - 2015 Recipient

Award Recipient: Caitlin Fearing

(L-R): Dr. Francisco Gonzalez-Scarano, Alex Henri, and Dr. Pamela Camosy

Merit Award - 2015 Recipient

Award Recipient: Alex Henri

(L-R): Dr. Francisco Gonzalez-Scarano, Katherine Beale, and Dr. Pamela Camosy

Merit Award - 2015 Recipient

Award Recipient: Katherine Beale

(L-R): James Cuvillier, Dr. Francisco Gonzalez-Scarano, Eithan Kotkowski

Merit Award - 2015 Recipient

Award Recipients: James Cuvillier and Eithan Kotkowski

Additional Scholarship Recipients

Class of 1973 Endowed Scholarship: Rose Ann Huynh, Jordan Buckley, Andrea Richardson
Class of 2010 Endowed Scholarship: David Shockey, Olivia Thornton, Nick Salerno, David Melton
Paul Cutler for Clinical Excellence: Kathy Harnois, Ann Ding, Evelyn Ashiofu, Krithika Srinivasan
The Forland Humanism in Medicine: Rachel Dang, Spencer Cope, Cheri Dijamco
Carlos Pestana, M.D., Ph.D. Award: Rachel Dang, John Ostrominski, Adriana Sullivan, Allison Pye
Merit Award: Jordan Garcia, MS2; Maria Leon-Camarena, MS3; Jordan McMaster, MS2; Natasha Mitra, MS4; Emily Sendukas, MS4; Ryan Wealther, MS1; Averi White, MS3; Mitchel Faulkner, MS2; Akshay Goswami, MS2; Anisha Guda, MS1; Sejal Lahoti, MS1; Matt Lelegren, MS4; Chloé Woodington, MS4; Evelyn Ashiofu, MS4; Eden Bernstein, MS3; Eric Bready, MS4; David Shockey, MS2; Christopher Smith, MS3; Yvonne Uyanwune, MS2; Fadi Al-Asadi, MS2; Kris Koch, MS4; Nichole Michaeli, MS2; Bill Wu, MS4; 2015 Recipient - Cheri Dijamco

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Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

The Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree program’s CIRCLE curriculum is guided by educational best practices in standardizing learning outcomes while providing students with opportunities to individualize the learning process. There is an emphasis on active learning with formative checkpoints for students to self-assess their progress and develop habits of self-directed learning and inquiry. The curriculum integrates basic & clinical science knowledge with early clinical experiences to provide students with a better understand of disease process and management. Ample time is provided for electives, selectives and exploration of career choices essential to professional identity formation.

Preclinical Curriculum

The foundational 20-month preclinical curriculum emphasizes acquisition of formal knowledge and clinical skills in a systematic and incremental manner that emphasizes thematic relationships over rote memorization.

Clinical Curriculum

The clinical phase of the curriculum includes core clerkships where students gain experience in a variety of settings. In fourth year, there is ample opportunity to explore career interests and gain additional experience and confidence in clinical skills needed to transition to residency.

Program Highlights

Dual Degree & Distinction Programs

Two dual degree programs are available to students. Students also have the opportunity to pursue a degree distinction during medical school.

Hands On Bedside Ultrasound Curriculum

Our basic bedside ultrasound curriculum will extend over all 4 academic years. The curriculum will focus on hands-on training using live and simulation models with associated supplementary didactics.

H-E-B Clinical Skills Center

Standardized Patient Program provides students with opportunities to develop their clinical skills. Standardized patients are individuals carefully chosen to portray patients with specific medical conditions.

Keys to Success

Culture of Excellence
We strive to maintain a culture of inclusion, high expectations and fairness. We embrace and celebrate distinctive perspectives and viewpoints that enrich all members of the Long School of Medicine and UT Health San Antonio.
Proven Integrated Curriculum
The CIRCLE Curriculum integrates clinical experiences from the first day of medical school with foundational science through all four years. We have a proven track record of student satisfaction and success on United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) and in the National Resident Match Program (NRMP).
Individualized Learning
Students have the ability to individualize clinical activities. Opportunities are available to participate in Student-Faculty collaborative clinics in the community. Various community service learning projects and elective courses are available both locally and internationally.
Dedicated Faculty
An integrated group of talented, passionate, experienced medical educators who are Researchers, Clinicians, and Leaders.

Competencies and Objectives of the M.D. Degree Program

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Altruism

Medical students must be compassionate and empathetic in caring for patients, and must be trustworthy and truthful in their professional dealings. They must act with integrity, honesty, and respect for patients’ privacy and dignity.

By the time of graduation, the Long School of Medicine M.D. student will be able to:

List and define the basic principles guiding ethical decision making
Apply ethical concepts to medical ethical dilemmas
Demonstrate respect for human dignity
Provide compassionate patient care
Demonstrate honesty and integrity in educational and professional interactions
Demonstrate appropriate patient advocacy
Understand the factors that impact health
Appropriately address conflicts of interest inherent to the field of medicine

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Knowledge

Medical students must understand the scientific basis of medicine and be able to apply that understanding to the safe and effective practice of medicine. They must utilize self-assessment and self-knowledge to optimize their learning.

By the time of graduation, the Long School of Medicine M.D. student will be able to:

Demonstrate knowledge of normal structure and function of the human body
Demonstrate knowledge of the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of disease and disorders
Demonstrate knowledge of the clinical manifestations of common conditions and disorders
Demonstrate knowledge of the pharmacotherapeutic modalities for common conditions and disorders
Demonstrate honesty and integrity in educational and professional interactions
Demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of clinical and translational research
Demonstrate knowledge of the epidemiology of common conditions and disorders
Demonstrate knowledge of systems of healthcare delivery

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Skills

Medical students must acquire wide-ranging skills that will enable them to care for patients as a professional.

By the time of graduation, the Long School of Medicine M.D. student will be able to:

Obtain an accurate and complete medical history
Perform all components of a complete physical examination
Prepare for and perform basic clinical procedures
Perform basic interpretation of commonly used diagnostic tests
Recognize the typical physical exam manifestations of common medical conditions and disorders
Demonstrate the skills of clinical reasoning and clinical problem solving for common conditions and disorders
Create appropriate management strategies for common conditions and disorders
Apply the principles of relieving total pain (physical, psychological, spiritual and social)
Demonstrate effective and appropriate communication of medical information, both in writing and verbally
Demonstrate the ability and commitment to continuously improved medical knowledge and skills

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The following are Long School of Medicine student favorite places to go and activities to do in the beautiful city of San Antonio, Texas.

About San Antonio

Culture & Entertainment

The Witte Museum
The McNay Museum
First Fridays Southtown Art Walk
Slab Cinemas
Chicken and Pickle
The Pearl
Jazz, TX
High Street Wine Co
St. Mary's Street
Paramour
Flying Saucer
Little Woodrow's
Knight Watch Games

Sports & Exercise

Half Moon Yoga
The District
Armadillo Boulders
Gold's Gym

Outdoor Spaces

San Antonio Botanical Gardens
San Antonio Greenway Trails
Eisenhower Park
Brackenridge Park
Freidrich Wilderness Park
O.P. Schnabel Park
Japenese Tea Gardens
River Walk
Natural Bridge Caverns
Horseback riding/trail rides

Day Trips from San Antonio

Fredericksburg
Boerne
Gruene

Fine Dining

Nonna Osteria
Southerleigh
Cappy's
Cured
Dough
Bliss

Authentic Ethnic Cuisine

Jerk Shack
Sichuan House
Tim's Oriental
Biryani Pot
Dallah Mediterranean Cuisine
Berni Vietnamese
Thai Esan & Noodle House
Bean Thai
Kobam's Nigerian

Sweets/Desserts

Honcho's Churro Truck
Snopioca
Kung Fu Tea
Artea
Creppeccino
Kuma

Coffee

Summermoon Coffee
Local/Merit Coffee
Cafe Martinez
Revolucion Coffee and Juice

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April 25, 2019

Sandra Burge, Ph.D., professor emeritus in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, received the Distinguished Research Mentor Award from the North American Primary Care Research Group, an international research society for the discipline of family medicine.

Paolo Casali, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, was awarded a T32 Training Grant for his Graduate Research in Immunity Program from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Casali’s program will train Ph.D., D.D.S./Ph.D., and M.D./Ph.D. students for careers in academia, industry or government.

Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., professor of pediatric and transplant surgery, received the American Medical Association Foundation Award for Health Education.

Diane Ferguson, B.S.N., RN, director of the H-E-B Clinical Skills Center, was named the Outstanding Educator of the Year by the Association of Standardized Patient Educators. The association promotes best practices and fosters research and professionalism among standardized patient educators.

Robert L. Ferrer, M.D., M.P.H., vice chair for research in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine in recognition of his work in community health. He is the eighth faculty member in UT Health San Antonio history to attain this distinction.

Dr. Ferrer, a practicing family physician in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, focuses on understanding and measuring practical opportunities for healthy behaviors to improve health and well-being in vulnerable populations.

The National Academy of Medicine serves alongside the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering as an independent adviser to the nation and the international community. Membership in the National Academy of Medicine is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievements and commitment to service.

Kenneth M. Hargreaves, D.D.S., Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Endodontics, was named the 2018 recipient of the American Dental Association Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Dental Research.

Carlos Jaén, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine, was appointed to the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents.

Anne-Marie Langevin, M.D., professor of pediatrics and Greehey Chair in Pediatric Oncology, has received the Harry Hynes Award from the National Cancer Institute’s Community Oncology Research Program.

Luci K. Leykum, M.D., professor of medicine and chief of the Division of General and Hospital Medicine, has been named to head a first-of-its-kind center of excellence to improve services to veterans and their caregivers.

The new center will be managed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Health Services Research & Development. It will be named for former U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole in recognition of her national leadership and advocacy on behalf of the nation’s 5.5 million military and veteran caregivers.

Jacqueline M. McGrath, Ph.D., RN, FNAP, FAAN, was named vice dean for faculty excellence for the School of Nursing and will hold the Thelma and Joe Crow Endowed Professorship.

Brian L. Mealey, D.D.S., M.S., professor in the Department of Periodontics, received the American Academy of Periodontology Outstanding Periodontal Educator Award.

Michael P. Mills, D.M.D., clinical associate professor in the Department of Periodontics, received the American Academy of Periodontology Special Citation Award.

Masahiro Morita, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular medicine in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, has received a Rising STARs Award from the UT System. The award for early career investigators comes with a $250,000 grant.

Jan E. Patterson, M.D., M.S., professor of medicine/infectious diseases and pathology, was awarded the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Lectureship award.

Bridgett Piernik-Yoder, Ph.D., OTR, was named chair of the Department of Occupational Therapy in the School of Health Professions.

Sudha Seshadri, M.D., professor of neurology and director of the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, recently received a $1.9 million Translational STARs award from the UT System to address research and treatment needs in Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Jing Wang, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S.N., RN, FAAN, has joined the School of Nursing as vice dean for research. She is a professor and the holder of the Hugh Roy Cullen Professorship in Nursing, and will guide faculty and student research within the School of Nursing.

Richard Wettstein, M.M.Ed., RRT, FAARC, was named director of the Respiratory Care Program in the School of Health Professions.

Kexin Xu, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine, was recognized with the Young Investigator Award from the Society for Basic Urologic Research.

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